'Laughter' in the Bible

But God said, “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall name him Isaac (laughter); and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

Abraham named his son Isaac (laughter), the son to whom Sarah gave birth.

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughterAnd your lips with joyful shouting [if you are found blameless].

Then our mouth was filled with laughterAnd our tongue with joyful shouting;Then they said among the nations,“The Lord has done great things for them.”

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,And the end of joy may be grief.

I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

Sorrow is better than laughter,For when a face is sad (deep in thought) the heart may be happy [because it is growing in wisdom].

For like the crackling of [burning] thorn bushes under a pot,So is the laughter of the fool;And this too is vanity (futility).

The officials make a feast for enjoyment [instead of repairing what is broken], and serve wine to make life merry, and money is the answer to everything.

Be miserable and grieve and weep [over your sin]. Let your [foolish] laughter be turned to mourning and your [reckless] joy to gloom.