Ecclesiastes 3:4

Modern King James Version

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 laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.

2 Samuel 6:16

And it happened as the ark of Jehovah came to the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah. And she despised him in her heart.

Psalm 30:11

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

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is only 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 timbrel in her hand. And all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

a time to throw 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 take note that God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Isaiah 40:1

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak lovingly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is done, that her iniquity is pardoned; for she has received of Jehovah's hand double for all her sins.

Matthew 11:17

saying, We played the flute to you, and you did not dance! We mourned to you, but you did not wail!

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber 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.

Luke 1:58

And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard how the Lord had magnified His mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death.

James 4:9

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