Ecclesiastes 3:5

New English Translation

A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Cross References

2 Kings 3:25

They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked 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 mourn, and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

Joel 2:16

Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Joshua 10:27

At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)