Ecclesiastes 3:7

The Scriptures 1998

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;

Cross References

Micah 7:5

Trust no friend, rely on no companion, guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the wise keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time.

Acts 4:20

“For it is impossible for us not to speak of what we saw and heard.”

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and be silent, Because He has laid it on him.

Joel 2:13

And tear your heart and not your garments, and turn back to יהוה  your Elohim, for He shows favour and is compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.

Esther 7:4

“For we have been sold, my people and I, to be cut off, to be slain, and to be destroyed. And if we had been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent, although the adversary could not make up for the sovereign’s loss.”

Amos 8:3

“And the songs of the hĕ

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves, and let us go into the walled cities, and let us be silent there. For יהוה  our Elohim has let us perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against יהוה.

Isaiah 36:21

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

Psalm 39:2

I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; And my pain was stirred.

2 Kings 6:30

And it came to be, when the sovereign heard the words of the woman, that he tore his garments. And as he passed by on the wall, the people looked and saw the sackcloth on his body, underneath.

2 Kings 5:7

And it came to be, when the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to be, when Aḥ

2 Samuel 3:31

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 1:11

And Dawiḏ

Genesis 44:34

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

Genesis 44:18

And Yehuḏ

Genesis 37:34

And Yaʽ

Genesis 37:29

And Re’uḇ

Acts 9:39

And having risen up, Kĕ

Jeremiah 36:24

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

Job 2:13

Then 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 the pain was very great.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

1 Samuel 10:16

And Sha’ul said to his uncle, “He informed us plainly that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not disclose to him about the matter of the reign, what Shemu’ĕ

2 Kings 18:36

But the people were silent and did not answer him a word, for the command of the sovereign was, “Do not answer him.”