Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Berean Standard Bible
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 break down and a time to build,
Cross References
Genesis 21:6Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”
2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
Nehemiah 9:1On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort 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 →