Reference: Laughter
Hastings
Laughter is used in the Bible in three ways. (1) It is opposed to weeping, as Ec 3:4; 7:3; Job 8:21; Ps 126:2; Lu 6:21. (2) It expresses incredulity, as Ge 17:17; 18:12. (3) It signifies derision, as Ps 2:12, Bel 18.
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And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old, shall I have pleasure, and my lord old?
Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting,
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Blessed ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.