Ecclesiastes 3:7

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A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to be silent, and a time to speak.

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

And Reuben, returning to the cistern, did not find the boy.

Genesis 37:34

And tearing his garments, he was clothed in haircloth, mourning his son for a long time.

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah, approaching closer, said confidently: "I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak a word in your ears, and do not be angry with your servant. For you are next to Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:34

For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father."

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David, taking hold of his garments, tore them, with all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 3:31

Then David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before the funeral procession of Abner." Moreover, king David himself was following the casket.

1 Kings 21:27

Then, when Ahab had heard these words, he tore his garments, and he put haircloth on his body, and he fasted, and he slept in sackcloth, and he walked with his head downcast.

2 Kings 18:36

But the people were silent, and they did not respond at all to him. For indeed, they had received an instruction from the king that they should not respond to him.

2 Kings 5:7

And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: "Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me."

2 Kings 6:30

When the king had heard this, he tore his garments, and he passed along the wall. And all the people saw the haircloth that he had worn underneath, beside his flesh.

Esther 7:4

Then Esther's maids and eunuchs went in and informed her. When she heard it, she was shocked, and she sent a garment to clothe him and to take away the sackcloth, but he would not accept it.

Job 2:13

And they sat with him on the ground for seven day and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his sorrow was very great.

Psalm 39:2

I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to gain, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

Isaiah 36:21

And they remained silent and did not answer a word to him. For the king had commanded them, saying, "You shall not respond to him."

Jeremiah 36:24

And the king and all his servants, who had heard all these words, were not afraid, and they did not rend their garments.

Jeremiah 8:14

"Why are we sitting still? Assemble, and let us enter the fortified city, and let us remain silent there. For the Lord our God has brought us to silence, and he has given us the water of gall as a drink. For we have sinned against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:28

JOD. He shall sit solitary and silent. For he has lifted it upon himself.

Joel 2:13

And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and convert to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and merciful, patient and full of compassion, and steadfast despite ill will.

Amos 5:13

Therefore, the prudent will be silent at that time, for it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3

And the hinges of the temple will creak in that day, says the Lord God. Many will die. Silence will be thrown away in all places.

Micah 7:5

Do not be willing to believe a friend. And do not be willing to confide in a commander. From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed.

Acts 4:20

For we are unable to refrain from speaking the things that we have seen and heard."

Acts 9:39

Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle, "He told us that the donkeys would be found." But the word about the kingdom, which Samuel had spoken to him, he did not reveal to him.