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Ecclesiastes 3:4

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time to weep: Nehemiah 8:9-12, Nehemiah 9:1-38; Psalms 30:5, Psalms 126:1-2, Psalms 126:5-6; Isaiah 22:12-13; Matthew 9:15; Matthew 11:17; John 16:20-22; Romans 12:15; 2 Corinthians 7:10; James 4:9

a time to laugh: Genesis 21:6; Luke 1:13-14, Luke 1:58, Luke 6:21-25

to dance: Exodus 15:20; 2 Samuel 6:16

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