Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5900 laughter
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5900 laughter

5900 laughter

The act or sound of laughing, often associated with joy and delight, yet occasionally linked with ridicule and scorn.

People laughing

Out of pleasure Ge 21:6 See also Pr 31:25; Ecc 3:4; Ecc 10:19

In scorn and derision Mt 9:24 pp Mk 5:40 pp Lk 8:53 See also Job 39:18; Job 41:29; Ps 52:6; La 1:7; Hab 1:10

God laughing

Ps 2:4 See also Ps 37:13; Ps 59:8; Pr 1:26

God helping people to laugh

Ps 126:2; Lk 6:21 See also Job 5:22; Job 8:21; Jer 51:39 as a prelude to judgment

Laughter qualified

Pr 14:13 See also Ecc 2:2; Ecc 7:3

Laughter rebuked

Lk 6:25 See also Ecc 7:6; Jas 4:9

See also

5818contempt
5830delight
5874happiness
5880humour
8283joy
8782mockery
8815ridicule