Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The famous poem of times and seasons declares there is an appointed time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and to die, a time to plant and to uproot. God has made everything beautiful in its …
Other Translations
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.
A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
Cross References
And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they …
And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests …
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the …
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye …
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to …
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the …
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these …
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; …
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.