Ecclesiastes 3:5

English Standard Version 2016

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Cross References

2 Kings 3:25

And they overthrew the cities, and on every good piece of land every man threw a stone until it was covered. They stopped every spring of water and felled all the good trees, till only its stones were left in Kir-hareseth, and the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

Joshua 10:27

But at the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and they set large stones against the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

Joel 2:16

gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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 seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;