Time To Laugh

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

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

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the 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.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

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

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

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

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

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

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

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

Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Thou shalt not kill.

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

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

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; — read the full passage →

For all have sinned, and come 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 musick and dancing.

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and 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 the good of all his labour, it 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 sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

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

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

And David danced before the Lord 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 the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. — read the full passage →

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, — read the full passage →

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. — read the full passage →

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

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

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

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

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

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. — read the full passage →

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

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

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Help, Lord; 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 heaven and the earth.

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads. — read the full passage →

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

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

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

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. — read the full passage →

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in 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 appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made 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.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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

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, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

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

And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.

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

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound 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 their reward.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, 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 both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

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

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which 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 and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. — read the full passage →