Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.
Free Bible Version
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 of tearing, and a time of mending. A time of keeping quiet, a time of speaking up.
Cross References
Genesis 30:30You hardly had anything before I arrived, but now you have so much! The Lord has blessed you through what I've done. When am I going to be able to provide for my own family?”
Exodus 12:35In addition, the Israelites did what Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for objects of silver and gold, and for clothing.
2 Kings 5:26But Elisha told him, “Didn't I see you in my mind's eye when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants?
2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet Elisha. He took with him a gift of all the best things from Damascus—forty camel loads of goods. He came in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send your bread out on the surface of the water, and many days later you will find it again.
Jonah 1:5The sailors were terrified and each of them prayed to their own god to save them. They threw the cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold where he had laid down and fallen fast asleep.
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 →