a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Cross References
Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
Psalm 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Psalm 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them."
Ecclesiastes 3:5a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
Treasury of Scripture
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
time to weep
Nehemiah 8:9-12
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law…
Nehemiah 9:1
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Psalm 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
a time to laugh
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Luke 1:13,14,58
But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John…
Luke 6:21-25
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh…
to dance
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.
2 Samuel 6:16
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
