Laughter

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• Proverbs 17:22

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

• Job 8:21

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

• 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.

• 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.

• Genesis 21:6

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

• Proverbs 15:15

  All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

• Proverbs 14:13

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

• Psalms 37:13

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

• James 5:13

  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

• Psalms 2:4

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

• Psalms 59:8

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

• Matthew 25:21

  His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

• Proverbs 15:13

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

• Ecclesiastes 10:19

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

• Psalms 16:11

  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

• Proverbs 31:25

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

• Ecclesiastes 7:6

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

• Genesis 21:4–20

  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. …

• Revelation 11:1–19

  And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. …

• 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.

• Ecclesiastes 2:2

  I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

• Philippians 4:4

  Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

• Revelation 1:1

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

• Matthew 9:24

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

• Habakkuk 1:10

  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.

• Job 12:4

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

• Psalms 126:2–3

  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. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

• Proverbs 31:25–26

  Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

• Psalms 30:11

  Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

• Nehemiah 8:10

  Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

• 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 98:4

  Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

• Isaiah 55:12

  For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

• Genesis 21:6–7

  And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

• Jeremiah 31:13

  Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

• Ecclesiastes 8:15

  Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

• Psalms 96:12

  Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

• Matthew 2:10

  When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

• Proverbs 1:26

  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

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