Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Bible References
Time to weep
Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they shalt fast.
Matthew 11:17
and say, We have played on pipes for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not lamented.
John 16:20
I tell you most truly, that you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall become joy.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with the rejoicing, weep with the weeping.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow produces a change of mind to salvation not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
James 4:9
Lament, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.