Ecclesiastes 3:4

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.

Cross References

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

Psalm 30:5

Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, which they have hidden for me: for thou art my protector.

Exodus 15:20

So Mary the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand: and all the women went forth after her with timbrels and with dances:

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the sorrow that is according to God worketh penance, steadfast unto salvation; but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Luke 1:58

And her neighbours and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her, and they congratulated with her.

Matthew 11:17

Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

Matthew 9:15

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

2 Samuel 6:16

And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.

Genesis 21:6

And Sara said: God hath made a laughter for me. Whosoever shall hear of it will laugh with me.

Psalm 30:11

For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom he hath despised.

Isaiah 40:1

BE comforted, be comforted, my people, saith your God.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven. She hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.