Ecclesiastes 3:7

New English Translation

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:34

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

2 Samuel 1:11

David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 3:31

David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral bier.

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

2 Kings 18:36

The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

Esther 7:4

For we have been sold – both I and my people – to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”

Job 2:13

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Psalm 39:2

I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

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;

Isaiah 36:21

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, “Don’t respond to him.”

Jeremiah 36:24

Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.

Jeremiah 8:14

The people say, “Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.

Lamentations 3:28

Let a person sit alone in silence, when the Lord is disciplining him.

Joel 2:13

Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love – often relenting from calamitous punishment.

Amos 5:13

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3

The women singing in the temple will wail in that day.” The sovereign Lord is speaking. “There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!”

Micah 7:5

Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!

Acts 4:20

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

1 Samuel 10:16

Saul said to his uncle, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.