Ecclesiastes 3:3

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord killeth and maketh alive: he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.

Jeremiah 45:4

Thus saith the Lord: Thus shalt thou say to him: Behold, them whom I have built, I do destroy: and them whom I have planted, I do pluck up, and all this land.

Jeremiah 31:28

And as I have watched over them, to pluck up and to throw down and to scatter and destroy and afflict: so will I watch over them, to build up and to plant them, saith the Lord.

Deuteronomy 32:39

See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live. I will strike, and I will heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Isaiah 44:26

That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man shall sin against another, God may be appeased in his behalf: but if a man shall sin against the Lord, who shall pray for him? And they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them.

Ezekiel 13:14

And I will break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar: and I will make it even with the ground, and the foundation thereof shall be laid bare. And it shall fall and shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and you shall know that I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:6

Behold, I will close their wounds and give them health, and I will cure them: and I will reveal to them the prayer of peace and truth.

Zechariah 1:12

And the angel of the Lord answered, and said: O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda, with which thou hast been angry? this is now the seventieth year.

Genesis 9:6

Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Isaiah 6:10

Blind the heart of this people, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and be converted, and I heal them.

Jeremiah 1:10

Lo, I have set thee this day over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root up and to pull down, and to waste and to destroy, and to build and to plant.

Haggai 1:2

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.

Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?