Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time to loue, and a time to hate: a time of warre, and a time of peace.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
In Context
7A time to rent, and a time to sowe: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.
9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?
Cross References
Genesis 14:14When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he brought forth of them that were borne and brought vp in his house, three hundreth and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Dan.
Joshua 11:23So Ioshua tooke the whole land, according to all that the Lord had saide vnto Moses: and Ioshua gaue it for an inheritance vnto Israel according to their portion through their tribes: then the land was at rest without warre.
1 Kings 5:4But now the Lord my God hath giuen me rest on euery side, so that there is neither aduersarie, nor euill to resist.
2 Chronicles 19:2And Iehu the sonne of Hanani the Seer went out to meete him, and said to King Iehoshaphat, Wouldest thou helpe the wicked, and loue them that hate the Lord? therefore for this thing the wrath of the Lord is vpon thee.
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deale craftily with his seruants.
Ezekiel 16:8Nowe when I passed by thee, and looked vpon thee, beholde, thy time was as the time of loue, and I spred my skirtes ouer thee, and couered thy filthines: yea, I sware vnto thee, and entred into a couenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
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 →