25 Bible Verses about Laughter

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Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth will laugh with me.

Matthew 9:24

he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Mark 5:40

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.

Luke 8:53

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

Job 39:18

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

Job 41:29

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

Psalm 52:6

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

Habakkuk 1:10

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

Psalm 2:4

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

Psalm 37:13

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

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

Psalm 126:2

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.

Luke 6:21

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

Job 5:22

At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 8:21

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

Jeremiah 51:39

When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

Luke 6:25

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.

James 4:9

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

Nehemiah 2:19

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?

2 Chronicles 30:10

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.

Genesis 18:12-15

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.read more.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Psalm 22:7-8

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head,'saying , Commit thyself unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

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Laughter » Attributed to God

Psalm 37:13

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

Psalm 59:8

But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.

Laughter » A time for

Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

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