Ecclesiastes 3:6
There is a time to look for things and a time to stop looking, 1 a time to keep things and a time to throw away things, 1
Unlocked Literal 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
Cross References
Genesis 30:30For you had little before I came, and it has increased abundantly. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I worked. Now when will I provide for my own household also?”
Exodus 12:35Now the people of Israel did as Moses told them. They asked the Egyptians for articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing.
2 Kings 5:26Elisha said to Gehazi, “Was not my spirit with you when the man turned his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male servants and female servants?
2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift with him of every kind of good thing of Damascus, carried by forty camels. So Hazael came and stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben Hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'”
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send out your bread on the waters, 2 for you will find it again after many days. 1
Jonah 1:5Then the sailors became very afraid and each man cried out to his own god. They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was lying there deeply 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 →