dancing at a wedding
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12You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
13Then the virgin will rejoice with singing, the young and the old together, and I will turn their mourning into gladness, and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.
25But his elder son was in the field. And when he returned and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
3Let them praise his name in chorus. Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
1And on the third day, a wedding was held in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Now Jesus was also invited to the wedding, with his disciples. 3And when the wine was failing, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4And Jesus said to her: “What is that to me and to you, woman? My hour has not yet arrived.” 5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” 6Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.
4Praise him with timbrel and choir. Praise him with strings and organ.
14And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.
20And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.
1And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying: 2“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son. 3And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come. 4Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’ 5But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business. 6Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.
20And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing. 21And she prophesied, saying: “Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been gloriously magnified. The horse and its rider, he has thrown into the sea.”
6Now when David returned, after he had struck down the Philistine, the women went out, from all the cities of Israel, leading the singing and dancing, rejoicing with timbrels and bells, so as to meet king Saul.