Ecclesiastes 3:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:4

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.

2 Kings 9:22

Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

2 Chronicles 19:2

And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

Psalm 101:3

I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

Psalm 105:25

Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.

Psalm 139:21

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

Proverbs 13:5

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

Ezekiel 16:8

Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.

Luke 14:26

And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

Ephesians 3:19

And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

Titus 2:4

Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

Joshua 11:23

So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

Revelation 2:2

I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;