| Ecclesiastes 2 2 |
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? |
| Proverbs 14 13 |
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. |
| Hebrews 13 2 |
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. |
| Proverbs 8 12 |
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 1 |
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. |
| Proverbs 10 23 |
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
| James 4 9 |
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. |
| Job 22 19 |
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. |
| Proverbs 10 22 |
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| Genesis 21 6 |
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 3 |
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. |
| Song of Solomon 7 6 |
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! |
| 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. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 6 |
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 4 |
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. |
| Proverbs 19 10 |
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. |
| 2 Corinthians 8 2 |
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. |
| 1 John 1 4 |
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. |
| 1 Peter 1 14 |
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: |
| Job 21 21 |
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? |
| Ecclesiastes 5 11 |
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? |
| Job 29 24 |
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| Psalms 147 11 |
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. |
| Ephesians 4 3 |
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. |
| Proverbs 1 6 |
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. |
| Ecclesiastes 1 3 |
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? |
| Acts 17 21 |
For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing. |
| Acts 8 8 |
And there was great joy in that city. |
| Philippians 2 18 |
For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. |
| Psalms 2 4 |
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. |
| Ephesians 5 16 |
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
| Habakkuk 1 15 |
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. |
| Proverbs 15 21 |
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. |
| Ecclesiastes 3 4 |
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; |
| Proverbs 15 23 |
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! |
| Genesis 18 12 |
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? |
| Job 41 29 |
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. |
| Psalms 55 10 |
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. |
| 1 Timothy 5 13 |
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. |
| Psalms 48 5 |
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. |
| Romans 5 4 |
And patience, experience; and experience, hope: |
| Psalms 149 4 |
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. |
| Proverbs 15 30 |
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. |
| 1 Timothy 6 8 |
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. |
| Proverbs 10 28 |
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
| Job 5 11 |
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. |
| Philippians 2 2 |
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. |
| Proverbs 12 20 |
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2 19 |
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? |
| Ecclesiastes 10 19 |
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. |