“laughter” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word laughter appears 11 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 11 matching verses are shown below.
- Genesis 21:6 And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me: whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.
- Job 8:21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
- Proverbs 14:13 Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow, and mourning taketh hold of the ends of joy.
- Ecclesiastes 2:2 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
- Ecclesiastes 7:4 Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7 For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 10:19 For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.
- Ecclesiasticus 19:27 The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.
- Ecclesiasticus 21:23 A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter: but a wise man will scarce laugh low to himself.
- Ecclesiasticus 27:14 The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
- James 4:9 Be afflicted and mourn and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into sorrow.