Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Time to weep
A time to laugh
To dance
General references
Bible References
Time to weep
Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, (he the Tirshatha) will say, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites causing the people to understand, To all the people this day is holy to Jehovah your God; ye shall not mourn, and ye shall not weep. For all the people weeping in their hearing to the words of the law.
Psalm 30:5
For a moment in his anger; life in his acceptance: weeping shall lodge in the evening, and rejoicing for the morning.
Psalm 126:1
Song of ascensions. In Jehovah turning back the returning of we were as those dreaming.
Isaiah 22:12
And the Lord Jehovah of armies in that day will call to weeping and to wailing, and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, The sons of the nuptial chamber cannot mourn inasmuch as the bridegroom is with them; but the days shall come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast.
Matthew 11:17
And saying, We played the flute to you, and ye moved not; we lamented to you and ye lamented not.
John 16:20
Truly, truly, I say to you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be grieved, but your grief shall be into joy.
Romans 12:15
To rejoice with the rejoicing, and weep with the weeping.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death.
James 4:9
Toil, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to dejection.
A time to laugh
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah will say, God made me laugh; all hearing will laugh with me.
Luke 1:13
And the messenger said to him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy supplication has been heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Luke 6:21
Happy the hungering now: for ye shall be satisfied. Happy the weeping now: for ye shall laugh.
To dance
Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, will take the drum in her hand; and all the women will go forth after her, with drums and with lutes.
2 Samuel 6:16
And the ark of Jehovah was coming to the city of David, and Michal, Saul's daughter, looked forth without the window, and she will see king David being strengthened and leaping before Jehovah, and she will despise him in her heart.
General references
Job 30:31
And my harp will be for mourning, and my pipe for the voice of those weeping.
Song of Songs 2:11
For behold, the winter passed. away, the rain glided away; it went for itself.