Laughter

And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.”

He will yet fill your mouth with laughing, And your lips with rejoicing.

If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision.

The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming.

But You, O Lord, shall laugh at them; You shall have all the nations in derision.

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be grief.

All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.

A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.

I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

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

For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes merry; But money answers everything.

Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.