Ecclesiastes 3:3

Good News Translation

the time for killing and the time for healing, the time for tearing down and the time for building.

Cross References

Genesis 9:6

Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.

Isaiah 44:26

But when my servant makes a prediction, when I send a messenger to reveal my plans, I make those plans and predictions come true. I tell Jerusalem that people will live there again, and the cities of Judah that they will be rebuilt. Those cities will rise from the ruins.

Isaiah 6:10

Then he said to me, “Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed.”

Jeremiah 1:10

Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Jeremiah 31:28

And just as I took care to uproot, to pull down, to overthrow, to destroy, and to demolish them, so I will take care to plant them and to build them up.

Jeremiah 33:6

But I will heal this city and its people and restore them to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.

Jeremiah 45:4

“But I, the Lord, am tearing down what I have built and pulling up what I have planted. I will do this to the entire earth.

Ezekiel 13:14

I intend to break down the wall they whitewashed, to shatter it, and to leave the foundation stones bare. It will collapse and kill you all. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.

Haggai 1:2

The Lord Almighty said to Haggai, “These people say that this is not the right time to rebuild the Temple.”

Haggai 1:4

“My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins?

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel said, “Almighty Lord, you have been angry with Jerusalem and the cities of Judah for seventy years now. How much longer will it be before you show them mercy?”

Deuteronomy 32:39

“‘I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.

1 Samuel 2:25

If anyone sins against someone else, God can defend the one who is wrong; but who can defend someone who sins against the Lord?” But they would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.

1 Samuel 2:6

The Lord kills and restores to life; he sends people to the world of the dead and brings them back again.