Dictionary of Bible Themes The act or sound of laughing, often associated with joy and delight, yet occasionally linked with ridicule and scorn. Genesis 21:6People laughing See also Out of pleasure Proverbs 31:25Ecclesiastes 3:4; 10:19 Matthew 9:24 In scorn and derision See also pp Mk 5:40 Job 39:18; 41:29pp Lk 8:53 Psalms 52:6Lamentations 1:7 Habakkuk 1:10 Psalms 2:4 God laughing See also Psalms 37:13; 59:8Proverbs 1:26 Psalms 126:2 God helping people to laugh Luke 6:21See also Job 5:22; 8:21Jeremiah 51:39 as a prelude to judgment Proverbs 14:13Laughter qualified See also Ecclesiastes 2:2; 7:3Luke 6:25 Laughter rebuked See also Ecclesiastes 7:6James 4:9 See also 5818 contempt5830 delight 5874 happiness 5881 immaturity 8283 joy 8782 mockery 8815 ridicule |
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