Ecclesiastes 3:3

New Century Version

There is a time to kill and a time to heal. There is a time to destroy and a time to build.

Cross References

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being, because God made humans in his own image.

Isaiah 44:26

I make the messages of my servants come true; I make the advice of my messengers come true. I say to Jerusalem, ‘People will live in you again!’ I say to the towns of Judah, ‘You will be built again!’ I say to Jerusalem’s ruins, ‘I will repair you.’

Isaiah 6:10

Make the minds of these people dumb. Shut their ears. Cover their eyes. Otherwise, they might really understand what they see with their eyes and hear with their ears. They might really understand in their minds and come back to me and be healed.”

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 31:28

In the past I watched over Israel and Judah, to pull them up and tear them down, to destroy them and bring them disaster. But now I will watch over them to build them up and make them strong,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:6

“ ‘But then I will bring health and healing to the people there. I will heal them and let them enjoy great peace and safety.

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.

Ezekiel 13:14

I will tear down the wall on which you put whitewash. I will level it to the ground so that people will see the wall’s foundation. And when the wall falls, you will be destroyed under it. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Haggai 1:2

“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘The people say the right time has not come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord.’ ”

Haggai 1:4

“Is it right for you to be living in fancy houses while the Temple is still in ruins?”

Zechariah 1:12

Then the Lord’s angel asked, “Lord All-Powerful, how long will it be before you show mercy to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have been angry with them for seventy years now.”

Deuteronomy 32:39

“Now you will see that I am the one God! There is no god but me. I send life and death; I can hurt, and I can heal. No one can escape from me.

1 Samuel 2:25

If you sin against someone, God can help you. But if you sin against the Lord himself, no one can help you!” But Eli’s sons would not listen to him, because the Lord had decided to put them to death.

1 Samuel 2:6

“The Lord sends death, and he brings to life. He sends people to the grave, and he raises them to life again.