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Ecclesiastes 3:5–6

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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 get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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From verse 5

  1. 2 Kings 3:25Rank 1 from verse 5
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    25And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

  2. Joshua 10:27Rank 2 from verse 5
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    27And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

  3. Joshua 4:3–9Rank 3 from verse 5
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    3And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

    4Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

    5And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

    6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

    7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

    8And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

    9And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

  4. Joel 2:16Rank 4 from verse 5
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    16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  5. 1 Samuel 21:4–5Rank 5 from verse 5
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    4And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

    5And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

  6. 2 Samuel 18:17–18Rank 6 from verse 5
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    17And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

    18¶ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.

  7. Exodus 19:15Rank 7 from verse 5
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    15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

  8. Song of Solomon 2:6–7Rank 8 from verse 5
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    6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

    7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

  9. 1 Corinthians 7:5Rank 9 from verse 5
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    5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

From verse 6

  1. Philippians 3:7–8Rank 1 from verse 6
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    7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

    8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

  2. Luke 9:24–25Rank 2 from verse 6
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    24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

    25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

  3. Mark 8:35–37Rank 3 from verse 6
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    35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

    36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

    37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  4. Matthew 16:25–26Rank 4 from verse 6
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    25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

    26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

  5. 2 Kings 5:26Rank 5 from verse 6
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    26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

  6. Ecclesiastes 11:1Rank 6 from verse 6
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    1CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

  7. Hebrews 10:34–35Rank 7 from verse 6
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    34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

    35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

  8. Mark 10:28–30Rank 8 from verse 6
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    28¶ Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

    29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,

    30But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

  9. Matthew 19:29Rank 9 from verse 6
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    29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

  10. Psalms 112:9Rank 10 from verse 6
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    9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

  11. Acts 27:19Rank 11 from verse 6
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    19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

  12. 2 Kings 7:15Rank 12 from verse 6
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    15And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

  13. Acts 27:38Rank 13 from verse 6
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    38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.

  14. Deuteronomy 8:17–18Rank 14 from verse 6
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    17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

    18But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

  15. Exodus 12:35–36Rank 15 from verse 6
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    35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

    36And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

  16. Genesis 30:30–43Rank 16 from verse 6
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    30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

    31And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

    32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

    33So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

    34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

    35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

    36And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

    37¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

    38And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.

    39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

    40And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.

    41And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

    42But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

    43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

  17. Genesis 31:18Rank 17 from verse 6
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    18And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

  18. Isaiah 2:20Rank 18 from verse 6
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    20In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

  19. Jonah 1:5Rank 19 from verse 6
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    5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

  20. 2 Kings 8:9Rank 20 from verse 6
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    9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

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Ecclesiastes 3:5

COMBINED MEANING

time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

refrain

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1. To hold back or restrain oneself or something. 2. To abstain or keep away from.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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embracing

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of embrace, meaning to clasp in the arms; to receive, accept, or welcome readily.

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Ecclesiastes 3:6

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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get

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To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.

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lose

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1. To be deprived of or fail to keep. 2. To fail to obtain. 3. To destroy or cause to perish.

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3:4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

3:5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

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3:6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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3:7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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