Ecclesiastes 3:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

There is a time to look for something and a time to consider it lost. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

Cross References

Acts 27:19

A day later they threw out the ship’s equipment.

Acts 27:38

We ate all we wanted. Then we began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.

Matthew 19:29

Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get much more than they left. And they will have eternal life.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Do good wherever you go. After a while, the good you do will come back to you.

Psalm 112:9

They freely give to the poor. Their goodness will continue forever. They will be honored with victory.

2 Kings 5:26

Elisha said to him, “That is not true! My heart was with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you. This is not the time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, cattle, or men and women servants.

Jonah 1:5

The men wanted to make the boat lighter to stop it from sinking, so they began throwing the cargo into the sea. The sailors were very afraid. Each man began praying to his god. Jonah had gone down into the boat to lie down, and he went to sleep.

Isaiah 2:20

At that time people will throw away their idols they made from gold and silver. They made these statues to worship, but they will throw them into holes in the ground where bats and moles live.

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to meet Elisha. Hazael brought a gift with him. He brought all kinds of good things from Damascus. It took 40 camels to carry everything. Hazael came to Elisha and said, “Your follower, King Ben-Hadad of Aram, sent me to you. He asks if he will get well from his sickness.”

2 Kings 7:15

The men went after the Aramean army as far as the Jordan River. All along the road there were clothes and weapons. The Arameans had thrown these things down when they hurried away. The messengers went back to Samaria and told the king.

Genesis 31:18

Then they began traveling back to the land of Canaan, where his father lived. All the flocks of animals that Jacob owned walked ahead of them. He carried everything with him that he had gotten while he lived in Paddan Aram.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

There is a time to throw weapons down and a time to pick them up. There is a time to hug someone and a time to stop holding so tightly.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

There is a time to tear cloth and a time to sew it. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.