Ecclesiastes 3:3

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A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build.

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  • 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.'
  • Hos 6:1-2 : 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up. 2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, so that we may live before Him.
  • Zech 1:12 : 12 Then the angel of the Lord said, 'Lord of Hosts, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?'
  • Luke 9:54-56 : 54 When James and John, his disciples, saw this, they said, 'Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them, as Elijah did?' 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then they went on to another village.
  • Acts 5:15-16 : 15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
  • Num 26:6-9 : 6 The family of Hezron from Hezron; the family of the Hezronites. The family of Carmi from Carmi; the family of the Carmites. 7 These were the families of the Reubenites, and the total number of those counted was 43,730. 8 The descendants of Pallu: Eliab. 9 The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These were the same Dathan and Abiram, community leaders who opposed Moses and Aaron as part of Korah’s assembly, inciting rebellion against the Lord.
  • Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, I alone, am He, and there is no god besides Me. I put to death and I bring to life, I wound and I heal, and no one can deliver out of My hand.
  • 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 ‘If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?’ But they would not listen to their father, for it was the LORD’s will to put them to death.
  • Isa 5:5-6 : 5 Now let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
  • Isa 38:5-9 : 5 "Go and tell Hezekiah: This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: 'I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.'" 6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city. 7 This will be the sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised. 8 Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the sun on the stairway of Ahaz go backward ten steps. And the sun moved back ten steps on the stairway where it had gone down. 9 A writing of Hezekiah, king of Judah, after he had been sick and had recovered: 10 I said, "In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years." 11 I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead." 12 My dwelling is pulled up and taken from me, like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver rolls a cloth; He cuts me off from the loom. Day and night You bring me to an end. 13 I have calmed myself until morning; like a lion, He breaks all my bones. Day and night You bring me to an end. 14 I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security. 15 What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul. 16 Lord, by such things people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit. You restored me to health and let me live. 17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back. 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children. 20 The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 I confirm the word of my servant and carry out the plan of my messengers. I say to Jerusalem, 'You will be inhabited,' and to the cities of Judah, 'You will be rebuilt,' and I will restore their ruins.
  • Jer 31:28 : 28 Just as I watched over them to uproot, tear down, demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, declares the LORD.
  • Jer 33:6 : 6 But I will bring it health and healing, I will heal them and reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.
  • Jer 45:4 : 4 The LORD said, 'This is what you are to say to him: Behold, what I have built I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land.'
  • Ezek 13:14 : 14 I will break down the wall that you plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. It will collapse, and you will perish within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Dan 9:25-27 : 25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the Prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a moat, but in difficult times. 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week, he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, until the decreed destruction is poured out on the desolator.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:1-2
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    88%

    1There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.

    2A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

  • Eccl 3:4-13
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    87%

    4A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.

    5A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

    6A time to search and a time to give up; a time to keep and a time to throw away.

    7A time to tear and a time to mend; a time to be silent and a time to speak.

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

    9What does the worker gain from all their toil?

    10I have seen the burden that God has laid on the human race.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

    13And also that every person should eat, drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

  • Eccl 3:15-17
    3 verses
    72%

    15Whatever has already been, and what will be has already been; and God seeks what has been pursued.

    16And I saw under the sun, in the place of judgment, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

    17I said in my heart, 'God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.'

  • Eccl 8:9
    71%

    9I observed all this as I considered all the work done under the sun: a time when one man has power over another to hurt them.

  • Eccl 8:5-6
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    69%

    5Whoever obeys a command will avoid harm, and the heart of the wise person knows the right time and the right way.

    6For every purpose there is a proper time and procedure, though the misery of mankind weighs heavily upon them.

  • Eccl 7:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for when the face is sad, the heart may be improved.

  • Job 3:14
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    14With kings and counselors of the earth who built ruins for themselves.

  • Eccl 9:3
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    3This is the distressing thing about everything that happens under the sun: the same fate befalls all. Moreover, the hearts of humans are full of evil, and madness resides in their hearts during their lives; and after that, they join the dead.

  • Eccl 3:22
    66%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 7:14
    66%

    14When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

  • Eccl 9:10-13
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    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

    11Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, nor riches to the discerning, nor favor to the knowledgeable; but time and chance happen to them all.

    12For no one knows their time. Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so are people ensnared by an evil time when it suddenly falls upon them.

    13I also saw this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

  • Ps 147:3
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    3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

  • 1 Sam 2:6
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    6'The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.'

  • Joel 3:1
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    1For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Eccl 3:20
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    20All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2And I praised the dead who had already died, more than the living who are still alive.

    3But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

  • Eccl 1:4-5
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    4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Eccl 8:14
    65%

    14There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'

  • Amos 5:13
    64%

    13Therefore, the prudent person will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.

  • Eccl 1:9
    64%

    9What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
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    9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be glad in the days of your prime. Follow the ways of your heart and the sights of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

    10Remove vexation from your heart and put away distress from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are fleeting.

  • Jer 18:9
    64%

    9And at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or kingdom, to build it up or to plant it.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them.

  • Prov 17:22
    64%

    22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

  • Eccl 12:6
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    6Before the silver cord snaps, the golden bowl is broken, the jar is shattered at the spring, and the wheel is broken at the well.

  • Prov 3:8
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    8This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.

  • Isa 3:2
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    2The mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • Eccl 11:3
    64%

    3When the clouds are full, they pour down rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever it falls, there it will lie.

  • Job 7:1
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    1Isn't human life on earth like hard labor and their days like those of a hired worker?