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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Elsewhere in Ecclesiastes 3
- Ecclesiastes 3:1Stargazing · Right Now (Na Na Na) · DtMF · End of Beginning · Happier · Hello · Vienna · Bridge Over Troubled Water · White Horse · When It Rains It Pours · The House That Built Me · Rock and a Hard Place · Springsteen · Circle of Life · ROADS UNTRAVELED · Peacefield · Rage your dream
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-2When We Were Young · Knockin' On Heaven's Door · Dream On · In My Life · (Don't Fear) The Reaper · I Wish Grandpas Never Died · My Grandfather's Clock · Here With Me
- Ecclesiastes 3:5-6Circles
- Ecclesiastes 3:11Saturn · Ho Hey · Meant to Live · The Dance · Into the Unknown · How Far I'll Go · Part of Your World · This Wish · Beyond (Reprise) · Cornfield Chase
- Ecclesiastes 3:12-13Don't Stop Me Now
- Ecclesiastes 3:19-20Diamonds
- Ecclesiastes 3:20Awake My Soul
- Ecclesiastes 3:20-21S.C.A.V.A.