Ecclesiastes 3:7

New King James Version

A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

Genesis 37:34

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

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah came near to him and said: “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like Pharaoh.

Genesis 44:34

For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?”

2 Samuel 1:11

Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 3:31

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.

1 Kings 21:27

So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.

2 Kings 18:36

But the people held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

2 Kings 5:7

And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”

2 Kings 6:30

Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes; and as he passed by on the wall, the people looked, and there underneath he had sackcloth on his body.

Esther 7:4

For we have been sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”

Job 2:13

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

Psalm 39:2

I was mute with silence, I held my peace even from good; And my sorrow was stirred up.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;

Isaiah 36:21

But they held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Jeremiah 36:24

Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

Jeremiah 8:14

“Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, And let us enter the fortified cities, And let us be silent there. For the Lord our God has put us to silence And given us water of gall to drink, Because we have sinned against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;

Joel 2:13

So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord God— “Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence.”

Micah 7:5

Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.

Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:39

Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the tunics and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

1 Samuel 10:16

So Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, he did not tell him what Samuel had said.