Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.’ ,
Ecclesiastes 3:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, American Standard Version (1901) a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Common English Bible a time for crying and a time for laughing, a time for mourning and a time for dancing, Catholic Public Domain Version A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. |
Sarah said, ‘God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.’ ,
As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
Then the prophetess Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women came out following her with tambourines and dancing.
a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that no one can discover anything that will come after him.
‘Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of hard service is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.’
We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t mourn!
Jesus said to them, ‘Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Then her neighbours and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her his great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.