Ecclesiastes 3:5
a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones, 1 a time to embrace other people, and a time to refrain from embracing. 1
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4There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, 1 a time to mourn and a time to dance, 1
Cross References
Joshua 4:3Give them this command: 'Take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests are standing on the dry ground, and bring them over with you and lay them down in the place where you will spend the night tonight.'”
1 Samuel 21:4The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves from women.”
2 Kings 3:25They destroyed the cities, and on every good piece of land every man threw a rock until it was covered up. They stopped up every spring of water and chopped down all the good trees. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its rocks in place. But the soldiers armed with slings surrounded and attacked it.
Joel 2:16Gather the people, 1 call for the holy assembly. 1 Assemble the elders, 1 gather the children 1 and the nursing infants. 1 Let the bridegrooms come out of their rooms, 1 and the brides out of their bridal chambers. 1
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 →