Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The famous poem of times and seasons declares there is an appointed time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and to die, a time to plant and to uproot. God has made everything beautiful in its …
Other Translations
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Cross References
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out …
And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, …
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said …
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great …
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with …
And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal …
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy …
When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord …