Language
Genesis
17:17 -
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis
18:12 -
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis
21:6 -
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Job
8:21 -
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Job
22:19 -
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Psalms
2:4 -
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms
37:13 -
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalms
52:6 -
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Proverbs
14:13 -
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Ecclesiastes
3:4 -
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes
7:3 -
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Jeremiah
20:7 -
O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Luke
6:21 -
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Luke
6:25 -
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Job
41:29 -
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Proverbs
29:9 -
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Ecclesiastes
2:2 -
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes
7:6 -
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Luke
8:53 -
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
Luke
23:35 -
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Psalms
126:2 -
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Proverbs
17:22 -
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Isaiah
66:14 -
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
Job
29:24 -
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Proverbs
25:20 -
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.