Ecclesiastes 3:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

for crying and laughing, weeping and dancing,

Cross References

Romans 12:15

When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad.

James 4:9

Be sad and sorry and weep. Stop laughing and start crying. Be gloomy instead of glad.

Psalm 30:5

Your anger lasts a little while, but your kindness lasts for a lifetime. At night we may cry, but when morning comes we will celebrate.

Exodus 15:20

Miriam the sister of Aaron was a prophet. So she took her tambourine and led the other women out to play their tambourines and to dance.

2 Corinthians 7:10

When God makes you feel sorry enough to turn to him and be saved, you don't have anything to feel bad about. But when this world makes you feel sorry, it can cause your death.

Luke 1:58

her neighbors and relatives heard how kind the Lord had been to her, and they too were glad.

Matthew 11:17

“We played the flute, but you would not dance! We sang a funeral song, but you would not mourn!”

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered: The friends of a bridegroom aren't sad while he is still with them. But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.

2 Samuel 6:16

Saul's daughter Michal looked out her window and watched the chest being brought into David's City. But when she saw David jumping and dancing for the Lord, she was disgusted.

Genesis 21:6

and Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. And now everyone will laugh with me.

Psalm 30:11

You have turned my sorrow into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sackcloth.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

for throwing stones and gathering stones, embracing and parting.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When times are good, you should be cheerful; when times are bad, think about what it means. God makes them both to keep us from knowing what will happen next.

Isaiah 40:1

Our God has said: “Encourage my people! Give them comfort.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to Jerusalem and announce: Your slavery is past; your punishment is over. I, the Lord, made you pay double for your sins.”