| Proverbs 14 13 |
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. |
| Ecclesiastes 7 3 |
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. |
| James 4 9 |
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 6 |
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. |
| Psalms 2 4 |
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. |
| Psalms 22 7 |
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, |
| 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. |
| Job 29 24 |
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| Jeremiah 48 33 |
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. |
| 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. |
| John 16 22 |
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. |
| Genesis 18 15 |
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. |
| Psalms 30 5 |
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. |
| Proverbs 15 23 |
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! |
| Proverbs 15 13 |
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. |
| 1 John 1 4 |
And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. |
| Job 21 3 |
Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. |
| Psalms 52 6 |
The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: |
| Isaiah 65 14 |
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. |
| John 16 20 |
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. |
| John 15 11 |
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 15 |
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. |
| Psalms 80 6 |
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| Lamentations 1 12 |
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. |
| Isaiah 40 6 |
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: |
| Psalms 59 8 |
But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. |
| Proverbs 1 26 |
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| Genesis 18 12 |
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? |
| Song of Solomon 4 10 |
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! |
| Ecclesiastes 7 9 |
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. |
| 1 Corinthians 7 30 |
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; |
| Proverbs 23 29 |
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? |
| Proverbs 29 9 |
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. |
| Amos 6 13 |
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? |
| Luke 6 21 |
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. |
| Psalms 90 15 |
Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. |
| Job 21 17 |
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. |
| Acts 8 23 |
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. |
| Ecclesiastes 1 18 |
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. |
| Psalms 126 5 |
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. |
| Luke 6 25 |
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. |
| 2 Timothy 1 4 |
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; |
| Ecclesiastes 1 17 |
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. |
| Exodus 22 23 |
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; |
| Jonah 4 4 |
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| Proverbs 15 21 |
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. |
| Proverbs 12 25 |
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. |