Ecclesiastes 3:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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.

Cross References

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust your neighbor or trust a friend! Don’t even speak freely with your wife.

Amos 5:13

At that time wise teachers will be quiet, because it is a bad time.

Acts 4:20

We cannot be quiet. We must tell people about what we have seen and heard.”

Lamentations 3:28

He should sit alone and be quiet when the Lord puts his yoke on him.

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your clothes.” Come back to the Lord your God. He is kind and merciful. He does not become angry quickly. He has great love. Maybe he will change his mind about the bad punishment he planned.

Esther 7:4

I ask this because my people and I have been sold to be destroyed—to be killed and wiped out completely. If we had just been sold as slaves, I would have kept quiet, because that would not be enough of a problem to bother the king.”

Amos 8:3

Their temple songs will become funeral songs.” This is what the Lord GOD said. “There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them onto the pile.”

Jeremiah 8:14

“They will say, ‘Why are we just sitting here? Come, let’s run to the strong cities. If the Lord our God is going to make us die, then let’s die there. We have sinned against the Lord, so he has given us poisoned water to drink.

Isaiah 36:21

But the people were silent. They did not say a word to the commander, because King Hezekiah had commanded them, “Don’t say anything to him.”

Psalm 39:2

So I didn’t say anything. I didn’t even say anything good, but I became even more upset.

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes to show he was upset. As he passed by on the wall, the people saw the king was wearing the rough cloth under his clothes to show he was sad and upset.

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes to show he was sad and upset. He said, “Am I God? I don’t have the power over life and death. So why did the king of Aram send a man sick with leprosy for me to heal? Think about it, and you will see that it is a trick. The king of Aram is trying to start a fight.”

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard what Elijah said, he tore his clothes to show how sad he was. Then he put on sackcloth and refused to eat. He even slept in these clothes. He was very sad and upset.

2 Samuel 3:31

David said to Joab and to all the people with Joab, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth. Cry for Abner.” They buried Abner in Hebron. David went to the funeral. King David and all the people cried at Abner’s grave.

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David tore his clothes to show he was very sad. All the men with him did the same thing.

Genesis 44:34

I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I am very afraid of what would happen to my father.”

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah went to Joseph and said, “Sir, please let me speak plainly with you. Please don’t be angry with me. I know that you are like Pharaoh himself.

Genesis 37:34

Jacob was so sorry about his son that he tore his clothes. Then Jacob put on special clothes to show that he was sad. He continued to be sad about his son for a long time.

Genesis 37:29

Reuben had been gone, but when he came back to the well, he saw that Joseph was not there. He tore his clothes to show that he was upset.

Acts 9:39

Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. All the widows stood around him. They were crying and showing him the coats and other clothes that Tabitha had made during her time with them.

Jeremiah 36:24

And, when King Jehoiakim and his servants heard the message from the scroll, they were not afraid. They did not tear their clothes to show sorrow for doing wrong.

Job 2:13

Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights. They didn’t say a word, because they saw he was in so much pain.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul answered, “Samuel told us the donkeys were already found.” He did not tell his uncle everything. Saul did not tell him what Samuel said about the kingdom.

2 Kings 18:36

But the people were silent. They did not say a word to the commander, because King Hezekiah had commanded them, “Don’t say anything to him.”