Ecclesiastes 3:4

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

³ A time to kill, and a time to heal, - A time to break down, and a time to build up; ⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh, - A time to wail, and a time to dance for joy; ⁵ A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, - A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;

Time to Laugh

Time to Weep

Exodus 15:20

Then took Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron the timbrel in her hand, - and all the women came forth after her with timbrels and dances,

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, A laughing, hath God made for me, - Everyone that heareth will laugh with me.

2 Samuel 6:16

Now it so came about that, when the ark of Yahweh entered the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter, looked out through the window, and saw King David, leaping and dancing before Yahweh, and she despised him, in her heart.

Nehemiah 8:9-12

Then Nehemiah - he, was the governor - and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who were causing the people to understand, said unto all the people, To-day, is, holy, unto Yahweh your God, do not mourn, nor weep, - for, weeping, were all the people, when they heard the words of the law.

Nehemiah 9:1-38

Now, on the twenty-fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having earth upon them.

Psalm 30:5

For there is, a Moment, in his anger, a Life-time, in his good-pleasure, In the evening, cometh Weeping to lodge, But, by the morning, -- tis a Shout of Triumph!

Psalm 126:1-2

When Yahweh brought back the captives of Zion, we were like them who dream:

Psalm 126:5-6

They who are sowing with tears, with shouting, shall reap:

Isaiah 22:12-13

And, when My Lord Yahweh of hosts called in that day, - for weeping, and for lamentation, and for shaving bare and for girding with sackcloth,

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said unto them, - Can, the sons of the bridechamber, mourn, so long as, the bridegroom, is, with them? But days will come, when the bridegroom, shall be taken from them, and, then, will they fast.

Matthew 11:17

say, We played the flute to you, and ye danced not, - we sang a lament, and ye beat not the breast.

Luke 1:13-14

But the messenger said unto him - Do not fear, Zachariah! Inasmuch as thy supplication hath been hearkened to, - and, thy wife Elizabeth, shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name, John;

Luke 1:58

And her neighbours and kinsfolk heard, that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and they were rejoicing with her.

Luke 6:21-25

Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

John 16:20-22

Verily, verily, I say unto you - Ye, shall weep and lament, but, the world, shall rejoice: Ye, shall be grieved, but, your grief, into joy, shall be turned.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death.

James 4:9

Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;