43 Bible Verses about Laughing (KJV)

Here are 43 Bible verses about laughing, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Genesis 21:6 KJV

⁶And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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Ecclesiastes 3:4 KJV

⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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Psalm 126:2 KJV

²Then 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.

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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

²²A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Job 8:21 KJV

²¹Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

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Luke 6:21 KJV

²¹Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

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Genesis 18:12-15 KJV

¹²Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? ¹³And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? ¹⁴Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. …

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Psalm 2:4 KJV

⁴He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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Proverbs 14:13 KJV

¹³Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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Proverbs 31:25 KJV

²⁵Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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James 4:9 KJV

⁹Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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Luke 6:25 KJV

²⁵Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

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Psalm 37:12-13 KJV

¹²The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. ¹³The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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Psalm 59:8 KJV

⁸But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

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Psalm 37:13 KJV

¹³The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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Proverbs 29:9 KJV

⁹If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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Ecclesiastes 7:3 KJV

³Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

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Habakkuk 1:10 KJV

¹⁰And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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Job 39:18 KJV

¹⁸What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

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Job 41:29 KJV

²⁹Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

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Genesis 17:17 KJV

¹⁷Then 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?

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2 Chronicles 30:10 KJV

¹⁰So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

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Ecclesiastes 7:6 KJV

⁶For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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Psalm 52:6 KJV

⁶The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

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Luke 10:17 KJV

¹⁷And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

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Luke 8:53 KJV

⁵³And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

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Matthew 9:24 KJV

²⁴He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

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Nehemiah 2:19 KJV

¹⁹But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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Mark 5:40 KJV

⁴⁰And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

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Psalm 37:1-40 KJV

¹Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. ²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. ³Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. ⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. …

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Genesis 18:12 KJV

¹²Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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John 19:12-27 KJV

¹²And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. ¹³When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴And it was the preparation of …

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Proverbs 14:9-19 KJV

⁹Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. ¹⁰The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. ¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. ¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. …

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Job 9:23-26 KJV

²³If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. ²⁴The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? ²⁵Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. ²⁶They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

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Genesis 18:12-13 KJV

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Revelation 21:4 KJV

⁴And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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2 Timothy 4:3-4 KJV

³For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; ⁴And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

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Ephesians 5:4 KJV

⁴Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

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John 16:20 KJV

²⁰Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

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Proverbs 19:23-29 KJV

²³The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. ²⁴A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. ²⁵Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. ²⁶He that wasteth his …

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Proverbs 17:1-11 KJV

¹Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. ²A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. ³The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. ⁴A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth …

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