Ecclesiastes 3:2

New Century Version

There is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants.

Cross References

Genesis 17:21

But I will make my agreement with Isaac, the son whom Sarah will have at this same time next year.”

Genesis 47:29

When Israel knew he soon would die, he called his son Joseph to him and said to him, “If you love me, put your hand under my leg. Promise me you will not bury me in Egypt.

1 Kings 13:2

The Lord had commanded the man of God to speak against the altar. The man said, “Altar, altar, the Lord says to you: ‘David’s family will have a son named Josiah. The priests for the places of worship now make their sacrifices on you, but Josiah will sacrifice those priests on you. Human bones will be burned on you.’ ”

2 Kings 4:16

Then Elisha said, “About this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” The woman said, “No, master, man of God, don’t lie to me, your servant!”

Job 14:14

Will the dead live again? All my days are a struggle; I will wait until my change comes.

Job 14:5

Our time is limited. You have given us only so many months to live and have set limits we cannot go beyond.

Job 7:1

“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.

Psalm 113:9

He gives children to the woman who has none and makes her a happy mother. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 52:5

But God will ruin you forever. He will grab you and throw you out of your tent; he will tear you away from the land of the living.Selah

Proverbs 24:27

First, finish your outside work and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house.

Isaiah 28:24

A farmer does not plow his field all the time; he does not go on working the soil.

Isaiah 38:1

At that time Hezekiah became very sick; he was almost dead. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and told him, “This is what the Lord says: Make arrangements, because you are not going to live, but die.”

Isaiah 38:5

“Go to Hezekiah and tell him: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. So I will add fifteen years to your life.

Isaiah 54:1

The Lord says, “Sing, Jerusalem. You are like a woman who never gave birth to children. Start singing and shout for joy. You never felt the pain of giving birth, but you will have more children than the woman who has a husband.

Jeremiah 1:10

Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will pull up and tear down, destroy and overthrow, build up and plant.”

Jeremiah 45:4

The Lord said, “Say this to Baruch: ‘This is what the Lord says: I will soon tear down what I have built, and I will pull up what I have planted everywhere in Judah.

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all who cause sin and all who do evil.

Matthew 15:13

Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven has not planted himself will be pulled up by the roots.

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, “Zechariah, don’t be afraid. God has heard your prayer. Your wife, Elizabeth, will give birth to a son, and you will name him John.

Luke 1:20

Now, listen! You will not be able to speak until the day these things happen, because you did not believe what I told you. But they will really happen.”

Luke 1:36

Now Elizabeth, your relative, is also pregnant with a son though she is very old. Everyone thought she could not have a baby, but she has been pregnant for six months.

John 16:21

When a woman gives birth to a baby, she has pain, because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain, because she is so happy that a child has been born into the world.

John 7:30

When Jesus said this, they tried to seize him. But no one was able to touch him, because it was not yet the right time.

Acts 7:17

“The promise God made to Abraham was soon to come true, and the number of people in Egypt grew large.

Acts 7:20

At this time Moses was born, and he was very beautiful. For three months Moses was cared for in his father’s house.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son who was born of a woman and lived under the law.

Deuteronomy 34:5

Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in Moab, as the Lord had said.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as everyone must die once and then be judged,

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who once had plenty of food now must work for food, but people who were hungry are hungry no more. The woman who could not have children now has seven, but the woman who had many children now is sad.