Ecclesiastes 3:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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  • 2 Kgs 3:25 : 25 And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.
  • Joel 2:16 : 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who nurse at the breast. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her room.
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does 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, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.
  • Exod 19:15 : 15 And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.
  • Josh 4:3-9 : 3 And command them, saying, Take from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and leave them in the place where you will lodge tonight. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from each tribe, 5 And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and every one of you take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean? 7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be a memorial to the children of Israel forever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
  • Josh 10:27 : 27 So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had hidden, and laid large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
  • 1 Sam 21:4-5 : 4 And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread, if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. 5 And David answered the priest and said to him, Truly, women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it was sanctified this day in the vessel.
  • 2 Sam 18:17-18 : 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the forest, and piled a very large heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled each to his tent. 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's valley: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom's monument.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 3:6-12
    7 verses
    87%

    6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

    7A time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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

    9What profit does he have who works in that which he labors?

    10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men to be occupied with.

    11He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God does from the beginning to the end.

    12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives.

  • Eccl 3:1-4
    4 verses
    85%

    1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

    2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

    3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

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

  • Eccl 8:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

    6Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

  • Eccl 8:9
    66%

    9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man rules over another to his own harm.

  • Eccl 3:15-17
    3 verses
    66%

    15That which is, has already been; and that which is to be, has already been; and God requires an account of the past.

    16Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

    17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
    3 verses
    65%

    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart.

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

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

  • Eccl 7:14
    65%

    14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one against the other, so that man should find nothing after him.

  • Eccl 11:9-10
    2 verses
    65%

    9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

    10Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

  • Eccl 4:9-11
    3 verses
    64%

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

    10For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has not another to help him up.

    11Again, if two lie together, then they have heat; but how can one be warm alone?

  • Eccl 3:22
    64%

    22Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

  • Eccl 9:10-12
    3 verses
    64%

    10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.

    11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

    12For man also does not know his time: as the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

  • Eccl 3:20
    64%

    20All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again.

  • Eccl 11:6
    63%

    6In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

  • Eccl 4:6
    63%

    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 9:1
    63%

    1For all this I considered in my heart, even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God. No one knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.

  • Eccl 1:5
    63%

    5The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it arose.

  • Amos 5:13
    63%

    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

  • Job 3:22
    63%

    22Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

  • Eccl 2:1
    63%

    1I said in my heart, "Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure." And behold, this also is vanity.

  • Eccl 9:3
    63%

    3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that, they go to the dead.

  • Jas 4:9
    63%

    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

  • Eccl 12:6
    63%

    6Before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.

  • Eccl 4:4
    63%

    4Again, I considered all the toil and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 8:15
    63%

    15So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:11
    62%

    11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor I had toiled to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Hab 2:11
    62%

    11For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.

  • Eccl 1:9
    62%

    9The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

  • Job 3:14
    62%

    14With kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves;

  • Eccl 2:24
    62%

    24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

  • Prov 25:20
    62%

    20Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather, and like vinegar on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

  • Eccl 12:8
    62%

    8Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.