Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
Noyes Bible
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 keep silence, and a time to speak.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters; for after many days thou shalt find it.
Jonah 1:5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god. And they cast forth the things that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down to the lower part of the ship, and he lay and was 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 →