Laugh

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• Genesis 21:6

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

• Ecclesiastes 3:4

  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

• Luke 6:21

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

• Proverbs 17:22

  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

• Psalms 2:4

  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

• Genesis 18:12–15

  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. …

• Psalms 126:2

  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.

• Proverbs 14:13

  Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

• Job 8:21

  Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

• Proverbs 31:25

  Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

• Luke 6:25

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

• James 4:9

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

• Psalms 37:12–13

  The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

• Proverbs 29:9

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

• Psalms 59:8

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

• Genesis 18:12

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

• Psalms 37:13

  The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

• Job 5:22

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

• Ecclesiastes 7:3

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

• Psalms 37:12–14

  The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

• Genesis 17:17

  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?

• Psalms 52:5–7

  God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 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.