Reference: Laughter
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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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Then Abraham fell upon his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him who is one hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouts of joy.
Kiss the Son lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled in a little while. Blessed are all those that put their trust in him.
Then our mouth shall be filled with laughter and our tongue with singing; then they shall say among the Gentiles, The LORD has done great things with them.
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made whole.
Blessed are those that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed are those that weep now, for ye shall laugh.