Laughing

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

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

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “Yahweh has done great things for them.”

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” — read the full passage →

He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. — read the full passage →

But you, Yahweh, laugh at them. You scoff at all the nations.

The Lord will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

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

Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

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

So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.

The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

he said to them, “Make room, because the girl isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him.

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 ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!” — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will. — read the full passage →

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

Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” — read the full passage →

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

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

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble. — read the full passage →

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

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.