29 occurrences in 13 translations

'Laughed' in the Bible

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Verse ConceptsHumourPeople Wearing OutSoliloquyThe Promise Of A BabysexHaving A Babysarah

Then Yahweh said to Abraham, "What [is] this [that] Sarah laughed, saying, 'Is it indeed true [that] I will bear a child, now [that] I have grown old?'

Verse ConceptsWhy Do Others Do This?The Promise Of A Babysarah

And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, 'Why is this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.'

Verse ConceptsAll Things Being PossibleGod, Power OfGod's OmnipotencePower, Of GodArriving On TimePossibilities For GodEasy For GodPossible For GodThe Time Appointedimpossible

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

Verse ConceptsLiesLying, Examples OfContradictingThose Frightened Of Godsarahdenial

And Judah said, "Let her take [them] for herself, lest we be {laughed at}. Behold, I sent this kid, but you could not find her."

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

The women sang as they played and danced, saying,“Saul has slain his thousands,And David his ten thousands.”

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsPopularityComparisons

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersVirgin

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

Verse ConceptsLaughterRejection Of GodResentment, Against GodRejection Of Spiritual InstructionTownInfidelity To God

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfLaughterMockeryRebellion, Against Human AuthorityRidicule, Nature OfSpeech, Negative Aspects OfCharacter Of Wicked

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Verse ConceptsSmilingserenity

And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.

Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,

Verse ConceptsGesturesCruelty, examples ofMockeryThe Lips Of The WickedShaking The HeadFunOvercoming Adversity

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

Verse ConceptsBeing Reproved

You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

Verse ConceptsShameGod, All knowingBeing ReprovedShame Will Come

All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

Verse Conceptsjoking

At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, "The Lord has accomplished great things for these people."

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfHistoryLaughterMission, Of IsraelSongsTongueWhat God DoesRejoicing In Success

A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsScoffing

This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

Verse ConceptsVirginWord Of Godvirginity

O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleCruelty, examples ofMockeryPainRidicule, Objects OfDerisionAmbivalenceGod DeceivingDeception

Remembered hath Jerusalem In the days of her affliction and her mournings, all her desirable things that were from the days of old, In the falling of her people into the hand of an adversary, And she hath no helper; Seen her have adversaries, They have laughed at her cessation.

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodWanderersPeople RememberingHistory Of NationsNo HelpScoffers

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfDeep Things

He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.

Verse ConceptsLaughterScoffingAttitudes Towards KingsMaking FunSiege Moundsjoking

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

Verse ConceptsLaughterEntering HousesChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist Going With PeopleMocking Christ

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