'Laughing' in the Bible
He said, Make room; for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they were laughing at him.
And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself.
Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.
For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.