Ecclesiastes 3:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. There is a time to be sad and a time to dance with joy.

Cross References

Romans 12:15

When others are happy, you should be happy with them. And when others are sad, you should be sad too.

James 4:9

Be sad, be sorry, and cry! Change your laughter into crying. Change your joy into sadness.

Psalm 30:5

His anger lasts for a little while, but then his kindness brings life. The night may be filled with tears, but in the morning we can sing for joy!

Exodus 15:20

Then Aaron’s sister, the woman prophet Miriam, took a tambourine. She and the women began singing and dancing.

2 Corinthians 7:10

The kind of sorrow God wants makes people decide to change their lives. This leads them to salvation, and we cannot be sorry for that. But the kind of sorrow the world has will bring death.

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord was very good to her, and they were happy for her.

Matthew 11:17

‘We played flute music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a funeral song, but you were not sad.’

Matthew 9:15

Jesus answered, “At a wedding the friends of the bridegroom are not sad while he is with them. They cannot fast then. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them. Then they will fast.

2 Samuel 6:16

Saul’s daughter Michal was looking out the window. While the Lord’s Holy Box was being carried into the city, David was jumping and dancing before the Lord. Michal saw this, and she was upset at David.

Genesis 21:6

Sarah said, “God has made me happy, and everyone who hears about this will be happy with me.

Psalm 30:11

You have changed my sorrow into dancing. You have taken away my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

There is a time to throw weapons down and a time to pick them up. There is a time to hug someone and a time to stop holding so tightly.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember that God gives us good times and hard times. And no one knows what will happen in the future.

Isaiah 40:1

Your God says, “Comfort, comfort my people.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak kindly to Jerusalem and tell her, ‘Your time of service is finished. You have paid the price for your sins.’ I, the Lord, have punished you twice for every sin you committed.”