Ecclesiastes 3:4

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

³ a time to kill and a time to heal;
a time to tear down and a time to build;
⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
⁵ a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

Time to Laugh

Time to Weep

Exodus 15:20

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

Romans 12:15

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

Genesis 21:6

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

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

Nehemiah 8:9-12

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.

Nehemiah 9:1-38

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

Psalm 30:5

For His anger lasts only a moment,
but His favor, a lifetime.
Weeping may spend the night,
but there is joy in the morning.

Psalm 126:1-2

A song of ascents.When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.

Psalm 126:5-6

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

Isaiah 22:12-13

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

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests be sad while the groom is with them? The time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Matthew 11:17

We played the flute for you,
but you didn’t dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn’t mourn!

Luke 1:13-14

But the angel said to him:

Do not be afraid, Zechariah,
because your prayer has been heard.
Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son,
and you will name him John.

Luke 1:58

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

Luke 6:21-25

You who are now hungry are blessed,
because you will be filled.
You who now weep are blessed,
because you will laugh.

John 16:20-22

“I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.

James 4:9

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.