Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Our dance
General references
Bible References
Our dance
Psalm 30:11
Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;
Amos 6:4
that lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Amos 8:10
and I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; and I will cause sackcloth to be brought up upon all loins and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son and the end thereof as a bitter day.
James 4:9
Be afflicted and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness.
General references
Job 30:31
My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.