Genesis 31:27 Why did you flee secretly, and deceive me, and didn't tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth and with songs, with tambourine and with harp; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Nehemiah 8:12 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)
Psalms 137:3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth mirth shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. (DBY YLT)
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;" and behold, this also was vanity. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, "It is foolishness;" and of mirth, "What does it accomplish?" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Ecclesiastes 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)
Ecclesiastes 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)
Ecclesiastes 10:19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all. (YLT)
Isaiah 24:8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Isaiah 24:11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
Jeremiah 7:34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land shall become a waste. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Jeremiah 16:9 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Jeremiah 25:10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Jeremiah 33:11 there shall again be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give ye thanks unto Jehovah of hosts; for Jehovah is good, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever, of them that bring thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah. For I will turn the captivity of the land as in the beginning, saith Jehovah. (DBY RSV)
Ezekiel 21:10 it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)
Hosea 2:11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)