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 for me 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 lambs from the flock, and calves from 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 bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end of it 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 also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.