And Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites that caused the people to be attentive, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; do not mourn nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

For his anger endures but a moment; in his will is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

When the LORD shall turn again the captivity of Zion, we shall be like those that dream.

Therefore the Lord GOD of the hosts did call in this day unto weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:

And Jesus said unto 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 from them, and then they shall fast.

and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, and the world shall rejoice; but even though ye shall be sorrowful, your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Rejoice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weep.

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, of which there is no need to repented; but the sorrow of the world works death.

Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.

A time to laugh

Then Sarah said, God has made me to laugh so that all that hear will laugh with me.

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias, for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Blessed are those that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Blessed are those that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

To dance

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.

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

General references

My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.

For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone;