Ecclesiastes 3:5

Modern English Version

a time to cast down stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to cease from embracing;

Cross References

2 Kings 3:25

They demolished the cities, and on every good piece of land every man threw a stone and filled it with stones, and they stopped every spring of water and cut down every good tree. Only in Kir Hareseth did the stones in the wall remain, until the slingers surrounded it and struck it.

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”

Ecclesiastes 3:4

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek out, and a time to give up; a time to guard, and a time to cast away;

Joel 2:16

Gather the people, consecrate the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children and those nursing at the breast; let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you for lack of self-control.

Joshua 10:27

At sundown Joshua commanded men to take them down from the trees and throw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves. Over the mouth of the cave he placed large stones, which remain to this day.