25 Bible Verses about Laughter
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And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth will laugh with me.
Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.
he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
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.
Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.
The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
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.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
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.
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.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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?
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 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.
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.
From Thematic Bible
Laughter » Attributed to God
The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
But thou, O Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; Thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
Laughter » A time for
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;