Topic
Laughing
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and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'
A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
Then filled <FI>with<Fi> laughter is our mouth, And our tongue <FI>with<Fi> singing, Then do they say among nations, `Jehovah did great things with these.'
A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,
`Happy those hungering now--because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now--because ye shall laugh.
and Abraham and Sarah <FI>are<Fi> aged, entering into days--the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah; — read the full passage →
He who is sitting in the heavens doth laugh, The Lord doth mock at them.
Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy <FI>is<Fi> affliction.
Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
`Woe to you who have been filled--because ye shall hunger. `Woe to you who are laughing now--because ye shall mourn and weep.
The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. — read the full passage →
And Thou, O Jehovah dost laugh at them, Thou dost mock at all the nations.
The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.
Better <FI>is<Fi> sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.
And at kings it doth scoff, And princes <FI>are<Fi> a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.
At the time on high she lifteth herself up, She laugheth at the horse and at his rider.
As stubble have darts been reckoned, And he laugheth at the shaking of a javelin.
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah--daughter of ninety years--bear?'
And the righteous see, And fear, and laugh at him.
And the runners are passing over from city to city, in the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: and they are laughing at them, and mocking at them,
And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;'
and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;
he saith to them, `Withdraw, for the damsel did not die, but doth sleep,' and they were deriding him;
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So <FI>is<Fi> the laughter of a fool, even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.
And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, `What <FI>is<Fi> this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?'
and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying,
By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →
and Abraham and Sarah <FI>are<Fi> aged, entering into days--the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah;
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
From this <FI>time<Fi> was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, `If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.' — read the full passage →
verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing. — read the full passage →
If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth. — read the full passage →
and Abraham and Sarah <FI>are<Fi> aged, entering into days--the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah; — read the full passage →
and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'
for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →
also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;
The fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to life, And satisfied he remaineth--he is not charged with evil. — read the full passage →
Better <FI>is<Fi> a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife. — read the full passage →
for, in abundance of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'
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