Ecclesiastes 3:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;

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  • 2 Kgs 3:25 : 25 Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it.
  • Joel 2:16 : 16 Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
  • Song 2:6-7 : 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me. 7 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.
  • Exod 19:15 : 15 And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.
  • Josh 4:3-9 : 3 And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight. 4 So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel, 5 And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel: 6 So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones? 7 Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever. 8 So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there. 9 And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.
  • Josh 10:27 : 27 And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.
  • 1 Sam 21:4-5 : 4 And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. 5 And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy.
  • 2 Sam 18:17-18 : 17 And they took Absalom's body and put it into a great hole in the wood, and put a great mass of stones over it: and every man of Israel went in flight to his tent. 18 Now Absalom, before his death, had put up for himself a pillar in the king's valley, naming it after himself; for he said, I have no son to keep my name in memory: and to this day it is named Absalom's pillar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:6-12
    7 verses
    87%

    6A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;

    7A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;

    8A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

    9What profit has the worker in the work which he does?

    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

    11He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.

    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

  • Eccl 3:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.

    2A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;

    3A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;

    4A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;

  • Eccl 8:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

    6For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.

  • Eccl 8:9
    66%

    9All this have I seen, and have given my heart to all the work which is done under the sun: there is a time when man has power over man for his destruction.

  • Eccl 3:15-17
    3 verses
    66%

    15Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

    16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

    17I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    65%

    2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

    3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

    4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.

  • Eccl 7:14
    65%

    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    65%

    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

    10So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Eccl 4:9-11
    3 verses
    64%

    9Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

    10And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.

    11So again, if two are sleeping together they are warm, but how may one be warm by himself?

  • Eccl 3:22
    64%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 9:10-12
    3 verses
    64%

    10Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

    11And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

    12Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.

  • Eccl 3:20
    64%

    20All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.

  • Eccl 11:6
    63%

    6In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

  • Eccl 4:6
    63%

    6One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 9:1
    63%

    1All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

  • Eccl 1:5
    63%

    5The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

  • Amos 5:13
    63%

    13So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

  • Job 3:22
    63%

    22Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

  • Eccl 2:1
    63%

    1I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.

  • Eccl 9:3
    63%

    3This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

  • Jas 4:9
    63%

    9Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

  • Eccl 12:6
    63%

    6Before ever the silver cord is cut, or the vessel of gold is broken, or the pot is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the water-hole;

  • Eccl 4:4
    63%

    4And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 8:15
    63%

    15So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:11
    62%

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Hab 2:11
    62%

    11For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.

  • Eccl 1:9
    62%

    9That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

  • Job 3:14
    62%

    14With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

  • Eccl 2:24
    62%

    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

  • Prov 25:20
    62%

    20Like one who takes off clothing in cold weather and like acid on a wound, is he who makes melody to a sad heart.

  • Eccl 12:8
    62%

    8All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose.