Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 3

22 songs meet this passage

  • “I still f**king love you, babe”

    drivers license · Olivia Rodrigo

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:4

    A time to weep is honored here; the raw language underscores how unresolved and present the hurt still is, not a glamorization of anything destructive.

  • “I wanna be free, yeah, to feel the way I feel”

    Man! I Feel Like a Woman! · Shania Twain

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:4

    There is a time to dance and laugh; the song's desire for lighthearted release has a place within the rhythms of life Scripture itself acknowledges.

  • “Muévanse todos y levanten los brazos”

    El Tucanazo · Los Tucanes de Tijuana

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:4

    Scripture recognizes a time to dance and celebrate; this song's call to movement and joy fits that simple, legitimate rhythm of life.

  • Kygo Jo · Kygo

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:4

    There is a time to laugh. A lighthearted novelty track among friends fits squarely in that space.

  • “Sometimes goodbye's the only way”

    Shadow of the Day · LINKIN PARK

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song's acceptance that some seasons must end mirrors this passage's acknowledgment of a time for everything, including loss and mourning.

  • “Silly me thinkin' we could make it work”

    Smile · Morgan Wallen

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The narrator senses a season has passed; Ecclesiastes names that there is a time to weep and a time when things end, without needing to resolve it neatly.

  • undressed · sombr

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song names the real grief of a season ending and the reluctance to begin again, echoing the Preacher's honesty about time, loss, and mourning.

  • “Was it always in your plan to leave eventually”

    12 to 12 · sombr

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The question of timing and loss echoes the Preacher's observation that there is a season for love and a season to lose it, without pretending it doesn't hurt.

  • “No, no te puedo olvidar”

    Baile Inolvidable · Bad Bunny

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    There is a real season for mourning and weeping over lost love, and this refrain captures that ache honestly.

  • when the party's over · Billie Eilish

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The acceptance of a season ending, a time to let go, mirrors Ecclesiastes' wisdom that there is a time for every purpose, including parting.

  • “Your memory is ecstasy”

    Ghost · Justin Bieber

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    Clinging to memory as a season of mourning fits the honest, unresolved rhythms of grief Ecclesiastes names without rushing to fix.

  • “Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead”

    Someone Like You · Adele

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The acceptance that love can end in sorrow mirrors Ecclesiastes' honest accounting of seasons, including weeping and loss.

  • “I set fire to the rain”

    Set Fire to the Rain · Adele

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The decisive act of letting go and grieving a relationship's end reflects the wisdom that there is a time to weep and a time to release what has died.

  • “All those things I shouldn't do, but you dance”

    CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! · Justin Timberlake

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    There's a time to dance and be glad; the song's joy in movement and release fits this rhythm of life, even if it doesn't look further.

  • “the smile's returning to their faces”

    Here Comes the Sun · The Beatles

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The turning from sorrow to smiles reflects the rhythm of seasons the Preacher describes, a time to weep and a time to laugh.

  • “thunder only happens when it's raining”

    Dreams · Fleetwood Mac

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song's natural-cycle imagery mirrors this passage's acceptance that pain and loss have their appointed season within life's rhythm.

  • “there's a calm before the storm”

    Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Mono Single) · Creedence Clearwater Revival

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song's sense that hard seasons and calm seasons both have their time echoes the Preacher's observation that there is a season for everything under heaven.

  • “I closed my eyes and I slipped away”

    More Than a Feeling · Boston

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song's ache for a remembered season mirrors this passage's acknowledgment that there is a time for every human longing, including grief over what has passed.

  • “We lived and learned, life threw curves”

    Remember When · Alan Jackson

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song's acceptance of seasons of joy and hurt reflects the wisdom that every circumstance of life has its appointed time.

  • “I know we grew apart, you probably don't remember”

    I Ain't Mad At Cha (feat. Danny Boy) · 2Pac

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

    The song's reminiscence on seasons of friendship and change mirrors the Preacher's reflection on time and loss.

  • “I can't lose you again, not again, not again”

    Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else · Benson Boone

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-6

    The ache over timing, a love that may have come too late or too early, reflects the Preacher's observation that there is a season for keeping and a season for losing.

  • Just In Case · Morgan Wallen

    strains against Ecclesiastes 3:1-7

    There's a time to speak, yet the narrator chooses silence to shield himself from the vulnerability honesty requires.

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