Discovery Box| (1.00) | Pro 14:13 |
| Even in laughter the heart may ache, 1 and the end 2 of joy may be 3 grief. |
| (0.80) | Ecc 2:2 |
| I said of partying, 1 “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, 2 “It accomplishes nothing!” 3 |
| (0.75) | Ecc 7:3 |
| Sorrow 1 is better than laughter, because sober reflection 2 is good for the heart. 3 |
| (0.75) | Ecc 7:6 |
| For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns 1 under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly 2 also is useless. 3 |
| (0.75) | Ecc 10:19 |
| Feasts 1 are made 2 for laughter, and wine makes life merry, 3 but money is the answer 4 for everything. |
| (0.66) | Job 8:21 |
| He will yet 1 fill your mouth with laughter, 2 and your lips with gladness. |
| (0.62) | Gen 21:6 |
| Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. 1 Everyone who hears about this 2 will laugh 3 with me.” |
| (0.60) | Jam 4:9 |
| Grieve, mourn, 1 and weep. Turn your laughter 2 into mourning and your joy into despair. |
| (0.57) | Psa 126:2 |
| At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. 1 At that time the nations said, 2 “The Lord has accomplished great things for these people.” |
| (0.36) | Isa 24:8 |
| The happy sound 1 of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases. |
| (0.35) | Est 8:16 |
| For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor. 1 |
| (0.30) | Psa 45:15 |
| They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace. 1 |
| (0.30) | Psa 100:2 |
| Worship 1 the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing! |
| (0.28) | Jer 7:34 |
| I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland.” |
| (0.28) | Jer 25:10 |
| I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. 1 I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses. 2 |
| (0.28) | Jer 30:19 |
| Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving 1 and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. 2 I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised. |
| (0.25) | Gen 21:3 |
| Abraham named his son – whom Sarah bore to him – Isaac. 1 |
| (0.25) | Gen 17:19 |
| God said, “No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. 1 I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual 2 covenant for his descendants after him. |
| (0.25) | Jer 16:9 |
| For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. 1 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.’” 2 |
| (0.20) | Est 9:17 |
| All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness. |
