Ecclesiastes 3:4

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 21:6

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

2 Samuel 6:16

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.

Psalm 30:11

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Psalm 30:5

For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Isaiah 40:1

Comfort you, comfort you my people, said your God.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.

Matthew 11:17

And saying, We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridal chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Luke 1:58

And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy on her; and they rejoiced with her.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death.

James 4:9

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