Time To Laugh

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

There is nothing better for a manthanthat he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

At destruction and dearth thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

Thou shalt not kill.

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →

Now I make known unto you brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye received, wherein also ye stand, — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

What profit hath man of all his labor wherein he laboreth under the sun?

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; — read the full passage →

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; But every one that is hastyhastethonly to want.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

I also will laugh inthe day ofyour calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.

The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.

Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. — read the full passage →

who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Now even the firstcovenanthad ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. — read the full passage →

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come.

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you.

in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;

unto a dispensation of the fulness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth; in him, I say,

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us; for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

who also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? this Jesus, who was received up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye beheld him going into heaven.

Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. — read the full passage →

And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.

and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.

he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, that fear before him: — read the full passage →

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil. — read the full passage →