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Want to know what the Bible says about Laughter? Here are 59 Bible verses about Laughter 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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Proverbs 17:22 NIV
A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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Job 8:21 NIV
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
    and your lips with shouts of joy.
167
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.”
137
Ecclesiastes 3:4 NIV
    a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
105
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.
91
James 5:13 NIV
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
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Proverbs 15:15 NIV
All the days of the oppressed are wretched,
    but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
43
Proverbs 14:13 NIV
Even in laughter the heart may ache,
    and rejoicing may end in grief.
42
Genesis 21:6 NIV
Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
40
Psalm 2:4 NIV
The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
    the Lord scoffs at them.
35
Psalm 37:13 NIV
but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.
33
Psalm 59:8 NIV
But you laugh at them, Lord;
    you scoff at all those nations.
25
Ecclesiastes 10:19 NIV
A feast is made for laughter,
    wine makes life merry,
    and money is the answer for everything.
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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!’
19
Psalm 16:11 NIV
You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
18
John 14:12-14 NIV
12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
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1 Corinthians 2:9-10 NIV
9 However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—
10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
11
Acts 10:34-35 NIV
34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.
11
Luke 10:17-19 NIV
17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
18 He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.
11
Mark 11:23-24 NIV
23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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