Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5760 Human attitudes and behaviour » 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 Genesis 21:6 See also Proverbs 31:25; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Ecclesiastes 10:19 In scorn and derision Matthew 9:24 pp Mark 5:40 pp Luke 8:53 See also Job 39:18; Job 41:29; Psalm 52:6; Lamentations 1:7; Habakkuk 1:10 God laughing Psalm 2:4 See also Psalm 37:13; Psalm 59:8; Proverbs 1:26 God helping people to laugh Psalm 126:2; Luke 6:21 See also Job 5:22; Job 8:21; Jeremiah 51:39 as a prelude to judgment Laughter qualified Proverbs 14:13 See also Ecclesiastes 2:2; Ecclesiastes 7:3 Laughter rebuked Luke 6:25 See also Ecclesiastes 7:6; James 4:9 See also
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