Stokes System: Laplacian of p implies that the velocity field is divergence-free?

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I have the system formed by the equations of conservation of mass and momentum: $$\mathrm{div}(\vec{v}) = 0 \tag1$$ $$\triangle\,\vec{v}=\vec{grad}\,p \tag2$$ Providing also their respective boundary conditions.

I have solved this system noting that because of the linearity and the commutativity of the Laplacian, in the second equation, one can take its divergence to obtain: $$\triangle\,p=0 \tag3$$ Subjected to some additional boundary conditions.

My question is:

Can I assert that the solution given by equation $(2)$ once calculated the pressure distribution from $(3)$ fulfills $(1)$?

Thank you in advance for your answers.