God Laughs
Psalm 2:1-12 ESV / 67 helpful votes
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, ...
Psalm 37:13 ESV / 63 helpful votes
God Laughs
Psalm 2:1-12 ESV / 67 helpful votes
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, ...
Psalm 37:13 ESV / 63 helpful votes
But the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
Psalm 2:4 ESV / 60 helpful votes
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
Psalm 59:8 ESV / 51 helpful votes
But you, O Lord, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.
Zephaniah 3:17 ESV / 35 helpful votes
The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
Proverbs 1:26-28 ESV / 29 helpful votes
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
Ecclesiastes 3:4 ESV / 26 helpful votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 22 helpful votes
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Psalm 2:4-8 ESV / 21 helpful votes
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 2:1-6 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, ...
Psalm 126:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
Luke 6:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes
“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
Genesis 21:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes
And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.”
Proverbs 1:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you,
Psalm 37:12-13 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.
Job 8:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
Proverbs 15:15 ESV / 8 helpful votes
All the days of the afflicted are evil, but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 14:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
James 5:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Psalm 118:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.
Proverbs 31:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.
Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes
A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
Psalm 59:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes
There they are, bellowing with their mouths with swords in their lips— for “Who,” they think, “will hear us?” But you, O Lord, laugh at them; you hold all the nations in derision.
Psalm 16:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Job 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
Genesis 21:6-7 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
John 11:35 ESV / 4 helpful votes
John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Habakkuk 1:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes
At kings they scoff, and at rulers they laugh. They laugh at every fortress, for they pile up earth and take it.
Genesis 18:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’
Luke 1:37 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For nothing will be impossible with God.”
Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...
Isaiah 32:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
Genesis 1:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
