Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand. And all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

Genesis 21:6

And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.

2 Samuel 6:16

And it happened as the ark of Jehovah came to the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah. And she despised him in her heart.

Nehemiah 8:9-12

And Nehemiah, the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.

Nehemiah 9:1-38

And in the twenty-fourth day of this month, the sons of Israel were gathered with fasting and with sackcloth, and with earth upon them.

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 126:1-2

A Song of degrees. When Jehovah turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream.

Psalm 126:5-6

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Isaiah 22:12-13

And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

Matthew 11:17

saying, We played the flute to you, and you did not dance! We mourned to you, but you did not wail!

Luke 1:13-14

But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Luke 1:58

And her neighbors and her kinsfolk heard how the Lord had magnified His mercy with her, and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 6:21-25

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

John 16:20-22

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

2 Corinthians 7:10

For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

A time to laugh

General references

Bible References

Time to weep

Nehemiah 8:9
And Nehemiah, the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 126:1
A Song of degrees. When Jehovah turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.
Matthew 11:17
saying, We played the flute to you, and you did not dance! We mourned to you, but you did not wail!
John 16:20
Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;
2 Corinthians 7:10
For the grief according to God works repentance to salvation, not to be regretted, but the grief of the world works out death.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.

A time to laugh

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so that all who hear will laugh with me.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

To dance

Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand. And all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
2 Samuel 6:16
And it happened as the ark of Jehovah came to the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Jehovah. And she despised him in her heart.

General references

Job 30:31
And my lyre has turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of weeping.
Song of Songs 2:11
For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over; it goes to itself.