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Want to know what the Bible says about Having Fun? Here are 43 Bible verses about Having Fun from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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1 Corinthians 8:9 NIV
Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
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Luke 6:21 NIV
Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.
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John 16:22 NIV
So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
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Psalm 27:6 NIV
Then my head will be exalted
    above the enemies who surround me;
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;
    I will sing and make music to the Lord.
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2 Kings 2:23-24 NIV
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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1 Corinthians 5:8 NIV
Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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Exodus 15:20 NIV
Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.
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Proverbs 15:23 NIV
A person finds joy in giving an apt reply
    and how good is a timely word!
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Ecclesiastes 8:14 NIV
There is something else meaningless that occurs on earth: the righteous who get what the wicked deserve, and the wicked who get what the righteous deserve. This too, I say, is meaningless.
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Psalm 118:24 NIV
The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.
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Isaiah 35:10 NIV
    and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
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Matthew 25:21 NIV
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
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Proverbs 22:6 NIV
Start children off on the way they should go,
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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Proverbs 14:13 NIV
Even in laughter the heart may ache,
    and rejoicing may end in grief.
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Proverbs 27:17 NIV
As iron sharpens iron,
    so one person sharpens another.
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1 Timothy 6:17 NIV
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
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James 1:17 NIV
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
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Psalm 149:2 NIV
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.
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Psalm 126:2 NIV
Our mouths were filled with laughter,
    our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
    “The Lord has done great things for them.”
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