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 didst turn my wailing to dancing to me: thou didst loose my sackcloth, and thou wilt gird me with gladness;
Amos 6:4
Lying upon beds of ivory, and stretching out upon their couches, and eating the lambs from the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall.
Amos 8:10
And turned your festivals into mourning, and all your songs to lamentation; and I brought up sackcloth upon all loins, and upon every head, baldness; and I set it as the mourning of an only one, and its last part as a day of bitterness.
James 4:9
Toil, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to dejection.
General references
Job 30:31
And my harp will be for mourning, and my pipe for the voice of those weeping.