Ecclesiastes 3:6

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

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

Ecclesiastes 3:6 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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

6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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

8a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?

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