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 will fall upon his face and laugh, and will say in his heart, Shall there be born to the son of a hundred years? and shall Sarah the daughter of ninety years, bring forth?
And Sarah will laugh within her, saying, After it has not been to me till now, and my lord, being old.
Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with shouts of joy.
Kiss the chosen lest he shall be angry, and ye perish in the way when his anger shall kindle as a little. Happy all they putting their trust in him.
Then our mouth will be filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then shall they say among the nations, Jehovah magnified to do with those.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance:
Good is grief above laughter: for in the illness of the face the heart shall be good.
Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.