Ecclesiastes 3:5

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

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  • 2 Kgs 3:25 : 25 They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.
  • Joel 2:16 : 16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her wedding canopy.
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  • Song 2:6-7 : 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. 7 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field, not to awaken or stir up love until it pleases.
  • Exod 19:15 : 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'
  • Josh 4:3-9 : 3 and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the spot where the priests’ feet stand firm, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you will spend the night.’” 4 So Joshua called the twelve men he had chosen from the Israelites, one man from each tribe, 5 and he said to them, “Cross ahead of the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites. 6 This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 you shall tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD when it crossed the Jordan. The waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the Israelites forever.’” 8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, as the LORD had told Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites. They carried them over with them to their camp and set them down there. 9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, under the place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood, and they are there to this day.
  • Josh 10:27 : 27 At sunset, Joshua ordered them to be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Large stones were placed over the opening of the cave, which remain there to this day.
  • 1 Sam 21:4-5 : 4 Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread or whatever you can find.' 5 The priest answered David, 'I don’t have any ordinary bread on hand; however, there is consecrated bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.'
  • 2 Sam 18:17-18 : 17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a great heap of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes. 18 During his lifetime, Absalom had set up a pillar in the King’s Valley for himself, saying, 'I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.' He named the pillar after himself, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:6-12
    7 verses
    87%

    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.

  • Eccl 3:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    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.

    3A time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build.

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

  • Eccl 8:5-6
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    68%

    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 8:9
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    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 3:15-17
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    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 7:2-4
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    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.

    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    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 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.

  • Eccl 4:9-11
    3 verses
    64%

    9Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

    10For if either of them falls, the one will help up his companion. But woe to the one who falls and has no one to help him up.

    11Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

  • Eccl 3:22
    64%

    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 9:10-12
    3 verses
    64%

    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.

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

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 1:5
    63%

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

  • Amos 5:13
    63%

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

  • Job 3:22
    63%

    22Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.

  • Eccl 2:1
    63%

    1I said to myself, 'Come now, I will test you with pleasure to see what is good.' But behold, this too was meaningless.

  • Eccl 9:3
    63%

    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.

  • Jas 4:9
    63%

    9Grieve, mourn and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

  • Eccl 12:6
    63%

    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.

  • Eccl 4:4
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    4And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 8:15
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    15So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:11
    62%

    11Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

  • Hab 2:11
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    11For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wooden beam will answer it.

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

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

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

  • Prov 25:20
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    20Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'