Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
In Context
7a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
Cross References
Genesis 30:30For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee + 30:30 So A. V. but Gr. and Heb. literally, at my foot.since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
Exodus 12:35And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel.
2 Kings 5:26Whence comest thou, Giezi? and Giezi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
2 Kings 8:9And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Thy son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to thee to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Jonah 1:5And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the + 1:5 Lit. hollow.hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:2-11
Mutability of Human Affairs. 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get,… Read the whole commentary →