30 results ( Located in the same paragraph Located in the same sentence Located in the same paragraph Located in the same article ). Sorted by most occurrences Sorted by most occurrences Sorted by date, newest first Sorted by date, oldest first Practical Jokes Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985 Practical Jokes—How Funny Are They? (38 occurrences) Practical Jokes—How Funny Are They? g83 11/8 pp. 12-15 - Awake!—1983 Aren’t Practical Jokes Harmless Fun? (18 occurrences) Aren’t Practical Jokes Harmless Fun? g86 9/22 pp. 12-13 - Awake!—1986 Youths, Watch Your Conduct in This Delinquent World (8 occurrences) WORLDLY “PRACTICAL JOKES” INJURIOUS w61 9/15 pp. 568-571 - The Watchtower—1961 From Our Readers (6 occurrences) Practical Jokes g87 3/22 p. 28 - Awake!—1987 Flee from Desires Incidental to Youth (6 occurrences) 7. What Scriptural admonition is given against “practical jokes”? 7 Engaging in “practical jokes” is not becoming to any minister of God. w63 6/15 pp. 361-367 - The Watchtower—1963 Youths (4 occurrences) practical jokes: g86 9/22 12-13 dx86-25 - Index 1986-2025 From Our Readers (4 occurrences) Practical Jokes g84 4/22 p. 28 - Awake!—1984 Do You Tread on Others’ Toes Needlessly? (3 occurrences) Off-color jokes as well as “practical” jokes are certain to wound some. w61 5/15 pp. 291-292 - The Watchtower—1961 Jokes (2 occurrences) practical jokes: g86 9/22 12-13 dx86-25 - Index 1986-2025 Young People Ask (2 occurrences) practical jokes harmless fun?: g87 3/22 28; g86 9/22 12-13 dx86-25 - Index 1986-2025 Proverbs Outline (2 occurrences) Avoid practical jokes (18, 19) nwtsty - Study Bible Celebrations That Displease God (2 occurrences) For example, they avoid giving speeches tainted with hurtful sarcasm or sexual innuendos and refrain from practical jokes or remarks that can embarrass the newlyweds and others. (Proverbs 26:18, 19; Luke 6:31; 10:27) lv chap. 13 pp. 144-159 - “God’s Love” (lv) Proverbs Outline (2 occurrences) Avoid practical jokes (18, 19) nwt pp. 872-873 - New World Translation (nwt) For Family Review (2 occurrences) Are practical jokes simply harmless fun? g 10/11 pp. 24-31 - Awake!—2011 Workplace or War Zone? (2 occurrences) More than workplace banter—which might include sarcasm, criticism, teasing, and practical jokes—mobbing is a campaign of psychological terror. g04 5/8 pp. 3-5 - Awake!—2004 Awake! (Magazine) (2 occurrences) “Practical Jokes—How Funny Are They?”: g84 4/22 28 dx30-85 - Index 1930-1985 Humor (2 occurrences) practical jokes: g83 11/8 12-15; g65 5/8 3-4; g65 12/8 29; w63 363; g62 10/22 4; w61 569-570 dx30-85 - Index 1930-1985 Jokes (2 occurrences) practical jokes: g83 11/8 12-15; g71 9/22 31; g70 3/22 7-8; g65 5/8 3-4; g65 12/8 29; w63 363; g62 10/22 4; w61 569-570 dx30-85 - Index 1930-1985 Letters (2 occurrences) “Practical Jokes—How Funny Are They?”: g84 4/22 28 dx30-85 - Index 1930-1985 Practical Jokes (2 occurrences) PRACTICAL JOKES dx30-85 - Index 1930-1985 Index to Volume 67 of “Awake!” (2 occurrences) Aren’t Practical Jokes Harmless Fun? 9/22 g86 12/22 p. 31 - Awake!—1986 Index to Volume 64 of “Awake!” (2 occurrences) Practical Jokes—How Funny Are They? 11/8 g83 12/22 p. 31 - Awake!—1983 Catholic Scholarship—Is It Loyal to God’s Word? (2 occurrences) The Jerusalem Bible calls it a “droll adventure” and says: “Though God is indeed master of nature, the successive prodigies here narrated read like a succession of practical jokes played by God on his prophet: the sudden storm, the choice of Jonah by lot, the great fish, the plant growing in a night and withering in an hour; while the whole story is told with undisguised irony quite alien to the writing of history. w83 9/1 pp. 28-31 - The Watchtower—1983 Profiting from Jonah’s Experience (2 occurrences) And a group of Roman Catholic scholars say that the book of Jonah is “a droll adventure” about “a succession of practical jokes by God on his prophet” and that the book “is intended to amuse” as well as instruct. w75 12/1 pp. 709-712 - The Watchtower—1975 “A Time to Laugh” (2 occurrences) This would rule out for Bible believers “practical jokes” that could cause harm to others. g75 7/22 pp. 13-15 - Awake!—1975 Where Is Modern Catholic Scholarship Heading? (2 occurrences) They belittle the book, as does The Jerusalem Bible by calling it a “droll adventure” about “a succession of practical jokes played by God on his prophet . . . the whole story is told with undisguised irony” and “is intended to amuse and instruct.” g73 3/22 pp. 16-19 - Awake!—1973 “Bad Associations Spoil Useful Habits” (2 occurrences) We’re playing practical jokes, don’t you know?’ g71 5/8 pp. 27-28 - Awake!—1971 Do You Value Your Life? (2 occurrences) But in a related matter, how do you feel about “practical jokes”? g70 3/22 pp. 4-8 - Awake!—1970 Christian Weddings Should Reflect Reasonableness (2 occurrences) Would Christian love move one to play “practical jokes” to the embarrassment of a bride and groom? w69 1/15 pp. 57-61 - The Watchtower—1969 Do You Remember? (2 occurrences) Recklessness, obscene talk, “practical jokes,” overindulgence in sports, suggestive styles of dress, improper conduct between the sexes.—Pp. 363, 364. w63 9/1 pp. 541-542 - The Watchtower—1963 1
7. What Scriptural admonition is given against “practical jokes”? 7 Engaging in “practical jokes” is not becoming to any minister of God.
For example, they avoid giving speeches tainted with hurtful sarcasm or sexual innuendos and refrain from practical jokes or remarks that can embarrass the newlyweds and others. (Proverbs 26:18, 19; Luke 6:31; 10:27)
More than workplace banter—which might include sarcasm, criticism, teasing, and practical jokes—mobbing is a campaign of psychological terror.
practical jokes: g83 11/8 12-15; g71 9/22 31; g70 3/22 7-8; g65 5/8 3-4; g65 12/8 29; w63 363; g62 10/22 4; w61 569-570
The Jerusalem Bible calls it a “droll adventure” and says: “Though God is indeed master of nature, the successive prodigies here narrated read like a succession of practical jokes played by God on his prophet: the sudden storm, the choice of Jonah by lot, the great fish, the plant growing in a night and withering in an hour; while the whole story is told with undisguised irony quite alien to the writing of history.
And a group of Roman Catholic scholars say that the book of Jonah is “a droll adventure” about “a succession of practical jokes by God on his prophet” and that the book “is intended to amuse” as well as instruct.
They belittle the book, as does The Jerusalem Bible by calling it a “droll adventure” about “a succession of practical jokes played by God on his prophet . . . the whole story is told with undisguised irony” and “is intended to amuse and instruct.”
Recklessness, obscene talk, “practical jokes,” overindulgence in sports, suggestive styles of dress, improper conduct between the sexes.—Pp. 363, 364.