Ecclesiastes 3:7

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

Cross References

Micah 7:5

Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.

Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

Lamentations 3:28

Jod. He shall sit solitary and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.

Joel 2:13

And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil.

Amos 8:3

And the hinges of the temple shall screak in that day, saith the Lord God: many shall die: silence shall be cast in every place.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced city, and let us be silent there. For the Lord our God hath put us to silence and hath given us water of gall to drink: for we have sinned against the Lord.

Isaiah 36:21

And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer him not.

Psalm 39:2

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

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard this, he rent his garments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the people saw the haircloth which he wore within next to his flesh.

2 Kings 5:7

And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me, to heal a man of his leprosy? Mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

1 Kings 21:27

And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.

2 Samuel 3:31

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him: Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloths, and mourn before the funeral of Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold of his garments and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him.

Genesis 44:34

For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father.

Genesis 44:18

Then Juda coming nearer, said boldly: I beseech thee, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy ears, and be not angry with thy servant; for after Pharao thou art

Genesis 37:34

And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

Genesis 37:29

And Ruben, returning to the pit, found not the boy:

Acts 9:39

And Peter rising up, went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood about him weeping, and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made them.

Jeremiah 36:24

And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Job 2:13

And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights: and no man spoke to him a word. For they saw that his grief was very great.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle: He told us that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom of which Samuel had spoken to him, he told him not.

2 Kings 18:36

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for they had received commandment from the king that they should not answer him.