Ecclesiastes 3:4

Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

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Deuteronomy 16:14
You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates.

Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

Nehemiah 8:11
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”

Malachi 2:13
“This again you do: you cover Yahweh’s altar with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.

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Judges 11:34
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

Judges 21:21
and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

2 Samuel 6:16
As Yahweh’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.

Luke 15:25
“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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Job 24:1
“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

Psalms 31:15
My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Ecclesiastes 3:10
I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

John 7:6
Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

John 7:30
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

John 13:1
Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

John 17:1
Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;

Acts 1:7
He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

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Isaiah 22:13
and behold, there is joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.”

Isaiah 61:3
to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

John 16:20
Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:9
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

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Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

Psalms 137:3
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart has ceased. Our dance is turned into mourning.

Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

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