Bible Verses About Laughing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for laughing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,724 votes, led by Genesis 21:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Laughing
Genesis 21:6186 votes
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Ecclesiastes 3:4173 votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Psalms 126:2158 votes
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 17:22144 votes
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Job 8:21139 votes
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Luke 6:21136 votes
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Genesis 18:12-15134 votes
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Psalms 2:4130 votes
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Proverbs 14:13115 votes
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs 31:2582 votes
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
James 4:977 votes
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Luke 6:2553 votes
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Psalms 37:12-1347 votes
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms 59:832 votes
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Psalms 37:1326 votes
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Proverbs 29:925 votes
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Ecclesiastes 7:316 votes
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Habakkuk 1:1014 votes
And 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.
Job 39:1813 votes
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Genesis 17:1712 votes
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?
Job 41:2912 votes
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
What does the Bible say about laughing?
Readers most often cite Genesis 21:6 on the subject of laughing. Across 1,724 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ecclesiastes 3:4, Psalms 126:2, Proverbs 17:22. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.