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 to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am become old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Till he shall fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for 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 better.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.