Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Webster 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
Genesis 30:30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?
Exodus 12:35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses: and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment.
2 Kings 5:26And he said to him, Went not my heart with thee , when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants?
2 Kings 8:9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
Jonah 1:5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and cast the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the sides 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 →