I have gathered some Bible verses that make reference to laughter,
merriment, and mirth. I've left out verses in which laughter indicates
mockery or scorn, or has other negative connotations. I have also
omitted verses which refer to joy and rejoicing; these have a
spiritual connotation that goes beyond laughter and good humor.
The verses below are from the King James Version.
GENESIS 17:17
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
GENESIS 18:12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old
shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
GENESIS 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will
laugh with me.
GENESIS 31:27
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and
didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and
with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
JUDGES 19:6
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for
the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee,
and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
RUTH 3:7
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to
lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and
uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
1 SAMUEL 25:36
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house,
like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for
he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more,
until the morning light.
1 KINGS 4:20
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in
multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
2 CHRONICLES 7:10
And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness
that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people.
NEHEMIAH 8:12
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the
words that were declared unto them.
ESTHER 1:10
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he
commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and
Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of
Ahasuerus the king,
JOB 8:21
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
PSALMS 126:2
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing:
then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for
them.
PROVERBS 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
PROVERBS 15:13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the
heart the spirit is broken.
PROVERBS 15:15
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry
heart hath a continual feast.
PROVERBS 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
ECCLESIASTES 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
ECCLESIASTES 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
ECCLESIASTES 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the
sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide
with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him
under the sun.
ECCLESIASTES 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry
heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
ECCLESIASTES 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money
answereth all things.
JEREMIAH 30:19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that
make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I
will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
JEREMIAH 31:4
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel:
thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in
the dances of them that make merry.
LUKE 6:21
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye
that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
LUKE 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many
years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
JAMES 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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