Laugh

Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!   Genesis 17:17, 18 

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.   Genesis 18:12-15 

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.   Genesis 21:6 

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.   2 Kings 19:21 

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.   2 Chronicles 30:10 

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?
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.   Nehemiah 2:19, 20 

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.   Job 5:22 

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.   Job 8:21 

If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.   Job 9:23 

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.   Job 12:4 

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.   Job 22:19 

If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.   Job 29:24 

Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.   Job 41:29 

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.   Psalm 2:4 

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.   Psalm 22:7, 8 

The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.   Psalm 37:13 

The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.   Psalm 52:6, 7 

But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.   Psalm 59:8 

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.   Psalm 80:6 

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.   Psalm 126:2 

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.   Proverbs 1:26, 27 

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.   Proverbs 14:13 

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.   Proverbs 29:9 

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.   Ecclesiastes 2:2, 3 

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.   Ecclesiastes 3:4-8 

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.   Ecclesiastes 7:3 

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.   Ecclesiastes 7:6 

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.   Ecclesiastes 10:19 

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.   Isaiah 37:22 

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.   Ezekiel 23:32 

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.   Matthew 9:24 

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.   Mark 5:40 

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.   Luke 6:21 

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.   Luke 6:25 

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.   Luke 8:53 

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.   James 4:9 

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