25 Bible Verses about Laughter
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And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
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.
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
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.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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?
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.
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.read more.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
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.
From Thematic Bible
Laughter » Attributed to God
The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Laughter » A time for
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;