Ecclesiastes 3:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he rent his clothes

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah went up to him and said, “O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.

Genesis 44:34

For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would come upon my father.”

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold of his clothes, and rent 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, “Rend your clothes, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David followed the bier.

1 Kings 21:27

And when Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.

2 Kings 18:36

But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”

2 Kings 5:7

And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard the words of the woman he rent his clothes—now he was passing by upon the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his body—

Esther 7:4

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”

Job 2:13

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

Psalm 39:2

I was dumb and silent, I held my peace to no avail; my distress grew worse,

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Isaiah 36:21

But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's command was, “Do not answer him.”

Jeremiah 36:24

Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why do we sit still? Gather together, let us go into the fortified cities and perish there; for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish, and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone in silence when he has laid it on him;

Joel 2:13

and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Amos 8:3

The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,” says the Lord God; “the dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast out in silence.”

Micah 7:5

Put no trust in a neighbor, have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;

Acts 4:20

for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

Acts 9:39

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he had come, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping, and showing tunics and other garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

1 Samuel 10:16

And Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the asses had been found.” But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.