Ecclesiastes 3:5

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:25

And they destroyed the cities: and they filled every goodly field, every man casting his stone. And they stopt up all the springs of waters: and cut down all the trees that bore fruit, so that brick walls only remained. And the city was beset by the slingers, and a great part thereof destroyed.

Joshua 10:27

And when the sun was down, he commanded the soldiers to take them down from the gibbets. And after they were taken down, they cast them into the cave where they had lain hid, and put great stones at the mouth thereof, which remain until this day.

Joel 2:16

Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bride chamber.

Exodus 19:15

He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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