Cross references
Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Ecclesiastes 3:4 has 18 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 18 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 30:5 (12 votes) and Romans 12:15 (12 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 22 other books, from Genesis 21 to James 4.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 3:4 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 30:512 votes
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Romans 12:1512 votes
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- James 4:911 votes
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
- Psalm 126:1–210 votes
A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers. Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Psalm 126:5–610 votes
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
- John 16:20–2210 votes
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. …
- Exodus 15:208 votes
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Luke 1:588 votes
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.
- Luke 6:21–258 votes
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. …
- 2 Corinthians 7:108 votes
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
- 2 Samuel 6:167 votes
- Matthew 9:157 votes
- Matthew 11:177 votes
- Luke 1:13–147 votes
- Genesis 21:66 votes
- Nehemiah 8:9–126 votes
- Isaiah 22:12–136 votes
- Nehemiah 9:1–384 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 3:4?
The 10 strongest of 20.