Ecclesiastes 3:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord brings death and gives life; he sends some down to Sheol, and he raises others up.

Jeremiah 45:4

‘This is what you are to say to him: “This is what the Lord says: ‘What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot   #– #the whole land!

Jeremiah 31:28

Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster,  so will I watch over them to build and to plant them’   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.

Deuteronomy 32:39

See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the message of his servant and fulfils the counsel of his messengers; who says to Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and to the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,’ and I will restore her ruins;

1 Samuel 2:25

If one person sins against another, God can intercede for him, but if a person sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him? ’  But they would not listen to their father, since the Lord intended to kill them.

Ezekiel 13:14

I will demolish the wall you plastered with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed.  The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:6

Yet I will certainly bring health  and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance  of true peace.

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the Lord responded, ‘How long, Lord of Armies, will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah that you have been angry with these seventy years? ’

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the minds  of these people dull; deafen their ears and blind their eyes; otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed.

Jeremiah 1:10

See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.

Haggai 1:2

‘The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.’

Haggai 1:4

‘Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses,  while this house  lies in ruins? ’