Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
In Context
3A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
Cross References
Genesis 21:6And Sarah said: “God has brought laughter to me. Whoever will hear of it will laugh with me.”
2 Samuel 6:16And when the ark of the Lord had entered into the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord. And she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.
Psalms 126:1A Canticle in steps: of Solomon. Unless the Lord has built the house, those who build it have labored in vain. Unless the Lord has guarded the city, he who guards it watches in vain.
Ecclesiastes 7:14Consider the works of God, that no one is able to correct whomever he has despised.
Isaiah 40:1“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →