There is a large distinction between having a merry heart, being cheerful, being content and happy in the faith and revelry and so-called humor. Reading through the quotes below that use the words sober and gravity, perhaps some will begin to understand there is a time and a place for many things, but comedians do not belong in any serious discussion of the Gospel delivered to us all by Yeshua, our Savior.
1Th 5:5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
1Th 5:6
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:8
But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9 For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Th 5:10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1Th 5:11 Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
1Ti 3:2
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Ti 3:3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
1Ti 3:4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1Ti 3:5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;
2Ti 4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
2Ti 4:5
But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
Tit 2:1 But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:
Tit 2:2
that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
Tit 2:3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
Tit 2:4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Tit 2:5 to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
Tit 2:6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
Tit 2:7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,
Tit 2:8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
Tit 2:1 But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:
Tit 2:2 that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
Tit 2:3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
Tit 2:4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Tit 2:5
to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
Tit 2:6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
Tit 2:7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,
Tit 2:8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
1Pe 1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1Pe 4:3 For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
1Pe 4:4 wherein they think strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
1Pe 4:5 who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1Pe 4:6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
1Pe 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
1Pe 4:8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
1Pe 4:9 using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
1Pe 4:10 according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
1Pe 4:11 if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
1Pe 5:7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
1Pe 5:9 whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
1Pe 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
1Th 5:4 My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief.
1Th 5:5 You belong to the light and live in the day. We don't live in the night or belong to the dark.
1Th 5:6 Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert.
1Th 5:7 People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk.
1Th 5:8
But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.
1Th 5:9 God doesn't intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th 5:10 Christ died for us, so that we could live with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.
1Th 5:11 That's why you must encourage and help each other, just as you are already doing.
1Th 5:5 for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;
1Th 5:6
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
1Th 5:8
But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
1Th 5:9 For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Th 5:10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1Th 5:11 Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do.
1Ti 3:2
The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Ti 3:3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
1Ti 3:4 one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1Ti 3:5 (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;
2Ti 4:4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
2Ti 4:5
But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry.
Tit 2:1 But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:
Tit 2:2
that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
Tit 2:3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
Tit 2:4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Tit 2:5 to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
Tit 2:6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
Tit 2:7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,
Tit 2:8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
Tit 2:1 But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:
Tit 2:2 that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience:
Tit 2:3 that aged women likewise be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
Tit 2:4 that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
Tit 2:5
to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed:
Tit 2:6 the younger men likewise exhort to be sober-minded:
Tit 2:7 in all things showing thyself an ensample of good works; in thy doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravity,
Tit 2:8 sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
1Pe 1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1Pe 4:3 For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:
1Pe 4:4 wherein they think strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
1Pe 4:5 who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1Pe 4:6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
1Pe 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
1Pe 4:8 above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:
1Pe 4:9 using hospitality one to another without murmuring:
1Pe 4:10 according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
1Pe 4:11 if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
1Pe 5:7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
1Pe 5:8
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
1Pe 5:9 whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
1Pe 5:10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
1Th 5:4 My dear friends, you don't live in darkness, and so that day won't surprise you like a thief.
1Th 5:5 You belong to the light and live in the day. We don't live in the night or belong to the dark.
1Th 5:6 Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert.
1Th 5:7 People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk.
1Th 5:8
But we belong to the day. So we must stay sober and let our faith and love be like a suit of armor. Our firm hope that we will be saved is our helmet.
1Th 5:9 God doesn't intend to punish us, but wants us to be saved by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th 5:10 Christ died for us, so that we could live with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.
1Th 5:11 That's why you must encourage and help each other, just as you are already doing.