Ecclesiastes 3:6 · KJV
“A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; {get: or, seek}”
— Ecclesiastes 3:6
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; {to refrain from: Heb. to be far from}
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes 3 — Context
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; {to refrain from: Heb. to be far from}
6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; {get: or, seek}
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Cross References
Philippians 3:7-8
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Luke 9:24-25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Mark 8:35-37
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Matthew 16:25-26
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. {upon...: Heb. upon the face of the waters}
Psalms 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Matthew 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Hebrews 10:34-35
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. {in yourselves...: or, that ye have in or, for} yourselves}
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