Ecclesiastes 3:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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; all who hear will laugh with me.

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter [David's wife], looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

Psalm 30:11

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

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. [II Cor. 4:17.]

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing.

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 that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him.

Isaiah 40:1

COMFORT, COMFORT My people, says your God.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak tenderly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her time of service and her warfare are ended, that [her punishment is accepted and] her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received [punishment] from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.

Matthew 11:17

We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 1:58

And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy on her, and they rejoiced with her.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others' joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others' grief].

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death].

James 4:9

[As you draw near to God] be deeply penitent and grieve, even weep [over your disloyalty]. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your mirth to dejection and heartfelt shame [for your sins].