Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?”

The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child when I am old?’

Then Sarah lied, saying, “I did not laugh,” because she was afraid. But the Lord said, “No! You did laugh.”

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered— a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock!

But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them.

The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming.

But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations.

At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, “The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.”

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

When a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

her clothing was strong and splendid; and she laughed at the time to come.

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

Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars,

I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.