Laughing

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth 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 nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

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

And 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 will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

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

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

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

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye 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 Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.

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

Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

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

Clubs are counted as stubble: He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin.

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

The righteous also shall see it, and fear, And shall laugh at him, saying,

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 with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.

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

he said, Give place: for the damsel 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 he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

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

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

Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Cæsar’s friend: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar. — read the full passage →

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

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will. — read the full passage →

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

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

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

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

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

The fear of Jehovahtendethto life; And hethat hath itshall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil. — read the full passage →

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

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