Judg 16:25 And when their hearts were merry, they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
Judg 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women. All the lords of the Philistines were there, and on the roof there were about 3,000 men and women, who looked on while Samson entertained.
1Sa 18:7 And the women sang to one another as they celebrated, “Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands.”
and David his ten thousands.”
2Sa 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, “Let the young men arise and compete before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”
2Sa 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
2Sa 6:21 And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will celebrate before the Lord.
1Ch 13:8 And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.
1Ch 15:29 And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
2Ch 30:10 So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.
Job 5:22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
Job 29:24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and the light of my face they did not cast down.
and the light of my face they did not cast down.
Job 30:1 “But now they laugh at me,
men who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
men who are younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
Job 39:7 He scorns the tumult of the city;
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
he hears not the shouts of the driver.
Job 39:18 When she rouses herself to flee,
she laughs at the horse and his rider.
she laughs at the horse and his rider.
Job 39:22 He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
he does not turn back from the sword.
he does not turn back from the sword.
Job 40:20 For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild beasts play.
where all the wild beasts play.
Job 41:5 Will you play with him as with a bird,
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
or will you put him on a leash for your girls?
Job 41:29 Clubs are counted as stubble;
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
he laughs at the rattle of javelins.
Psa 2:4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
the Lord holds them in derision.
Psa 37:13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his day is coming.
for he sees that his day is coming.
Psa 52:6 The righteous shall see and fear,
and shall laugh at him, saying,
and shall laugh at him, saying,
Psa 59:8 But you, O Lord, laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
you hold all the nations in derision.
Psa 104:26 There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
Pro 1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,
I will mock when terror strikes you,
Pro 8:30 then I was beside him, like a master workman,
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
Pro 8:31 rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the children of man.
and delighting in the children of man.
Pro 26:19 is the man who deceives his neighbor
and says, “I am only joking!”
and says, “I am only joking!”
Pro 29:9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Pro 31:25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.
and she laughs at the time to come.
Ecc 3:4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Jer 15:17 I did not sit in the company of revelers,
nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
for you had filled me with indignation.
nor did I rejoice;
I sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
for you had filled me with indignation.
Jer 30:19 Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
and the voices of those who celebrate.
I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
and the voices of those who celebrate.
I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.
Jer 31:4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.
Lam 1:7 Jerusalem remembers
in the days of her affliction and wandering
all the precious things
that were hers from days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
they mocked at her downfall.
in the days of her affliction and wandering
all the precious things
that were hers from days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
they mocked at her downfall.
Hab 1:10 At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.
Zec 8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
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