Ecclesiastes 3:6

New Century Version

There is a time to look for something and a time to stop looking for it. There is a time to keep things and a time to throw things away.

Cross References

Genesis 31:18

and they began their journey back to Isaac, his father, in the land of Canaan. 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 Northwest Mesopotamia.

2 Kings 5:26

But Elisha said to him, “My spirit was with you. I knew when the man turned from his chariot to meet you. This isn’t a time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, oxen, male servants, or female servants.

2 Kings 7:15

The men followed the Aramean army as far as the Jordan River. The road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away as they had hurriedly left. So the messengers returned and told the king.

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camels loaded with every good thing in Damascus. He came and stood before Elisha and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram sent me to you. He asks if he will recover from his sickness.”

Psalm 112:9

They give freely to the poor. The things they do are right and will continue forever. They will be given great honor.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Invest what you have, because after a while you will get a return.

Ecclesiastes 3:5

There is a time to throw away stones and a time to gather them. There is a time to hug and a time not to hug.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

There is a time to tear apart and a time to sew together. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.

Isaiah 2:20

At that time people will throw away their gold and silver idols, which they made for themselves to worship; they will throw them away to the bats and moles.

Jonah 1:5

The sailors were afraid, and each man cried to his own god. They began throwing the cargo from the ship into the sea to make the ship lighter. But Jonah had gone down far inside the ship to lie down, and he fell fast asleep.

Matthew 19:29

And all those who have left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get much more than they left, and they will have life forever.

Acts 27:19

A day later with their own hands they threw out the ship’s equipment.

Acts 27:38

When they had eaten all they wanted, they began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.