A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 3:2
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- Ecclesiastes 3:3
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
- Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.