Humor And Laughter

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

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

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

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

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — read the full passage →

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.

I said of laughter, “It is foolishness”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” — read the full passage →

he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.

Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; — read the full passage →

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control. — read the full passage →

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.” — read the full passage →

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, says Yahweh.

I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.

You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

“Let’s break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us.” — read the full passage →

At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud; for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”

Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; — read the full passage →

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness. — read the full passage →

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth. — read the full passage →

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.” — read the full passage →

Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy

whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—

The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned. — read the full passage →

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; — read the full passage →

“To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like? — read the full passage →

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death, — read the full passage →

Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, “For”, they say, “who hears us?” — read the full passage →

Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” — read the full passage →

They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.

Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house. — read the full passage →

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.” — read the full passage →

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →