Ecclesiastes 3:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

Cross References

Genesis 21:6

Now Sarah said, “God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul 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; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Psalm 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

Exodus 15:20

Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.

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, and in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that comes after them.

Isaiah 40:1

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

Matthew 11:17

‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn.’

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.