Did Jesus Joke Around or Laugh?

Awesome example as were the ones above. Hopefully this thread will help anyone who stumbles upon it? Thx all

The Value of Wisdom
…2It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. 3Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy. 4The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure

I'm sure Jesus (God in flesh) had (has) a sense of humor.

I'd agree, just have in mind that verse speaks about GODLY sorrow, but UNGODLY laughter.

Ok...more it is

Proverbs 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.


Ephesians 5:4 - Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.


Habakkuk 3:18 - Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

Ecclesiastes 7:6 - For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so [is] the laughter of the fool: this also [is] vanity.

1I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

Why is there no scripture saying Jesus laughed just to laugh ?... It's because true joy and happiness comes from helping others, rejoicing in another's salvation not from vanity. Selfish pleasure and laughter only comes from a sorrowful heart.. meaning your trying to hide your true feelings...ever heard that saying " laugh now, cry later "..it means don't feel sorrow or pain, just run the red lights in laughter, cry when your dead.. This is used in prison a lot.. I tell you this to help you in healthy laughter and healthy mourning.

I always found it funny how God used sarcasm when He was asking Job about the origins of the Earth. "Tell me, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!"

Ecc 3:1-4
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

A time to kill and a time to heal;
A time to tear down and a time to build up.

A time to weep and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn and a time to dance.

the writer of Eccliastes seems to me to be saying, again and again,
that everything is vanity and there's nothing new under the sun.

i wonder if part of the point is we needed Something (Someone) from above the sun?

If your going to laugh in vain... Let it be at your own expense, humility is your friend.. Your saying " the only time " I never said that... And I'm not here to tell you what to laugh at, you should know. I laugh with my son all the time, he does something silly, or starts running fast and jumping around, there's plenty of innocent things to laugh at, " not when someone slips and falls in animal dung as someone suggested earlier .. Why laugh at someone else's expense ? Do you think God laughs at your expense, when you fall ? No, He's to busy trying to lift you back up...

I agree with this.
I have also noticed one thing, and that is when I laugh too much usually something really really negative happens to me afterwards to cause me to cry. It almost kinda of a law that I've observed. Did anyone else have this happen to them? Although I dont do mean laughter. It's the matter of "too much" like hours and hours upon hours of laughing. I've just then restrained myself from funny topics for a short while for that reason... and I felt good about it. Nothing is good if we overdo it. I believe it has to do with self-control.

I believe he did

He was a friend of sinners - and I'm sure they were laughing as they were imbibing. He sat with them with a stony face?

He delights in us. Does His delight have no joy? No sense of fun?

If He was in all points human as we are, he must have felt ALL the same emotions that we feel.

I believe he laughs with me a lot. And even through me at times.

Yes, He did and still does joke around and laugh. Don't let all those pictures of serious, depressed, emo Jesus tell you otherwise. You know the ones i'm talking about lol

This is actually from the movie Samson and Delilah, and I know the convo has died off, but I thought it was so on topic that it should be posted.

Saran of Gaza: Tell this council the weapon used against you. Well, tell them. Speak.
Prince Ahtur: [hesitates] The jawbone of an ass.

[h=1]Ecclesiastes 7 Expanded Bible (EXB)[/h] 7 It is better to have ·respect [a good reputation/[SUP]L [/SUP]name] than ·good [fine] ·perfume [oil].
The day of death is better than the day of birth.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]It is better to go to a ·funeral [[SUP]L [/SUP]house of mourning]
than to a ·party [[SUP]L [/SUP]drinking house].
·We all must die [[SUP]L [/SUP]It is everyone’s end],
and everyone living should ·think about this [[SUP]L [/SUP]take it to heart].
[SUP]3 [/SUP]·Sorrow [or Anger] is better than laughter,
and ·sadness has a good influence on you [in a troubled face the heart is made well].
[SUP]4 [/SUP]·A wise person thinks about death [The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning],
but ·a fool thinks only about having a good time [[SUP]L [/SUP]the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure].
[SUP]5 [/SUP]It is better to ·be criticized by a [hear the rebuke of a] wise person
than to ·be praised by a fool [[SUP]L [/SUP]hear the song of fools]. "

from bible gate way