Ecclesiastes 3:7

New Living Translation

A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah stepped forward and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.

Genesis 44:34

For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”

2 Samuel 1:11

David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news.

2 Samuel 3:31

Then David said to Joab and all those who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on burlap. Mourn for Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the procession to the grave.

1 Kings 21:27

But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.

2 Kings 18:36

But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, “Do not answer him.”

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? Why is this man asking me to heal someone with leprosy? I can see that he’s just trying to pick a fight with me.”

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard this, he tore his clothes in despair. And as the king walked along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing burlap under his robe next to his skin.

Esther 7:4

For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”

Job 2:13

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.

Psalm 39:2

But as I stood there in silence— not even speaking of good things— the turmoil within me grew worse.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.

Isaiah 36:21

But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, “Do not answer him.”

Jeremiah 36:24

Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard.

Jeremiah 8:14

“Then the people will say, ‘Why should we wait here to die? Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there. For the Lord our God has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:28

Let them sit alone in silence beneath the Lord’s demands.

Joel 2:13

Don’t tear your clothing in your grief, but tear your hearts instead.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. He is eager to relent and not punish.

Amos 5:13

So those who are smart keep their mouths shut, for it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3

In that day the singing in the temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

Micah 7:5

Don’t trust anyone— not your best friend or even your wife!

Acts 4:20

We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:39

So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other clothes Dorcas had made for them.

1 Samuel 10:16

“He told us that the donkeys had already been found,” Saul replied. But Saul didn’t tell his uncle what Samuel said about the kingdom.