Laughing

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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

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.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? — read the full passage →

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. — read the full passage →

But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

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?

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. — read the full passage →

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. — read the full passage →

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? — read the full passage →

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; — read the full passage →

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

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. — read the full passage →

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. — read the full passage →

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.