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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Abraham fell to the ground, laughed, and thought in his heart, "Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?"
So she laughed to herself: "After I have become shriveled up and my lord is old, will I have delight?"
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy.
Pay homage to the Son, or He will be angry, and you will perish in your rebellion, for His anger may ignite at any moment. All those who take refuge in Him are happy.
Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them."
a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;
Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.