Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

Cross References (18)

  • Psalms 30:5 (12)

    For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

  • Romans 12:15 (12)

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

  • James 4:9 (11)

    Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

  • John 16:20–22 (10)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to

  • Psalms 126:1–2 (10)

    A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

  • Psalms 126:5–6 (10)

    Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

  • 2 Corinthians 7:10 (8)

    Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

  • Exodus 15:20 (8)

    Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourin

  • Luke 1:58 (8)

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

  • Luke 6:21–25 (8)

    Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

  • Matthew 9:15 (7)

    Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the brideg

  • Luke 1:13–14 (7)

    But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will be

  • Matthew 11:17 (7)

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

  • 2 Samuel 6:16 (7)

    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King Dav

  • Genesis 21:6 (6)

    Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

  • Isaiah 22:12–13 (6)

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

  • Nehemiah 8:9–12 (6)

    Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them,

  • Nehemiah 9:1–38 (4)

    On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust o