What Does the Bible Say About Making Jokes?

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

Luke 18:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’”

Proverbs 6:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. ...

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not commit adultery.

6 Bible Verses about Making Jokes

Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 18:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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6 Bible Verses about Making Jokes

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Ephesians 4:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 18:18-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 6:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes