Joking
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Ephesians 5:1-33
Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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2 Timothy 2:15
Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Psalm 2:1-4
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Joke.
Strong's Hebrew
7832. sachaq -- to laugh
... root Definition to laugh NASB Word Usage amuse (1), amusing (1), celebrate (2),
celebrating (3), hold a contest (1), joking (1), laugh (6), laughed them to ...
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Letter v. Society --Conversation.
... 4. She must avoid a kind of joking and badinage that should never be heard among
well-bred young people in society"that about courtship and marriage. ...
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The Right to Privacy
... They subject the bride and her clothes to an interested and careful scrutiny,
commenting upon everything, with much joking and laughter. ...
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Talking in Salesmanship
... salesmanship. The salesman should cultivate dignity of speech and manner. People
generally dislike familiarity, joking, and horse-play. It ...
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Persistency in Wrong Doing.
... No!"he was young, insolent, inconsiderate, and fond of practical joking,"a
vulgar-minded fellow, puffed up with conceit at his elevation to power. ...
/.../xliii persistency in wrong doing.htm

Which are the Better, the Continent, or those who Delight in ...
... concupiscent, and yet restrain themselves? or are you joking? Euboulios. How
so, when I tell you that I do not know? But, come, tell me ...
/.../chapter iii which are the better.htm

Ep. xii. (About AD 365).
... If you look at the things in this way you will leave off joking and deriding her
as little, and you will congratulate yourself on your marriage. Footnotes: ...
/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep xii about a d 365.htm

Confessing Christ.
... When she entered the parlor she found them laughing and joking about the meeting.
She put on a serious face and said, "I don't think we should laugh at it. ...
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I Therefore Bent My Steps Toward the Hut which I had Beheld from a ...
... he takes my [92] joke in good part, says, "You act, Sulpitius, in a way like yourself,
for you never miss any opportunity which is offered you of joking us on ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter iv i therefore bent.htm

I Panted after Honours, Gains, Marriage; and Thou Deridedst Me. .. ...
... For, passing through one of the streets of Milan, I observed a poor beggar, then,
I suppose, with a full belly, joking and joyous: and I sighed, and spoke to ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter vi i panted after.htm

Letter cccxxxix. Basil to Libanius.
... emulation. Really and truly the delight your speech must have given, when
you were joking about me, must have been indescribable! ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter cccxxxix basil to libanius.htm

Thesaurus
Joking (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Joking (3 Occurrences). ... Get out of this place, for Yahweh
will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking. ...
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Jokmeam (2 Occurrences)

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Jesting (2 Occurrences)
... n.) of Jest. 2. (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests. 3. (n.) The act or practice
of making jests; joking; pleasantry. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Jokim (1 Occurrence)

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Deceives (14 Occurrences)
... him? (WEB NAS RSV). Proverbs 26:19 is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, "Am I not joking?" (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Jeremiah 9 ...
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Pledged (19 Occurrences)
... Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he
seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking. (WEB NIV). Exodus ...
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Sons-in-law (2 Occurrences)
... Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his
sons-in-law to be joking. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Marry (48 Occurrences)
... up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed
to his sons-in-law to be joking. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Genesis ...
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Daughters (246 Occurrences)
... Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his
sons-in-law to be joking. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Seemed (89 Occurrences)
... Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed
to his sons-in-law to be joking. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV). ...
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Resources
Is joking a sin? What does the Bible say about telling jokes? | GotQuestions.org

What does the Bible say about coarse jesting and crude joking? | GotQuestions.org

Should a Christian prank / do pranks? Is it wrong to play a practical joke on someone? | GotQuestions.org

Joking: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Joking (3 Occurrences)

Ephesians 5:4
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
(See NIV)

Genesis 19:14
Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 26:19
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

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Jokmeam (2 Occurrences)

Jesting (2 Occurrences)

Jokim (1 Occurrence)

Deceives (14 Occurrences)

Pledged (19 Occurrences)

Sons-in-law (2 Occurrences)

Marry (48 Occurrences)

Daughters (246 Occurrences)

Seemed (89 Occurrences)

Destroy (379 Occurrences)

Appeared (137 Occurrences)

Hurry (42 Occurrences)

Neighbor (123 Occurrences)

Lot (145 Occurrences)

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