Ecclesiastes 3:7 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:7

7: A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak up.

Amos 5:13

  1. So those who are wise will keep quiet, for it is an evil time.

Acts 4:20

  1. We cannot stop telling about the wonderful things we have seen and heard."

Esther 4:13

  1. Mordecai sent back this reply to Esther: "Don't think for a moment that you will escape there in the palace when all other Jews are killed.
  2. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What's more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time as this?"

Esther 7:4

  1. For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had only been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would have been a matter too trivial to warrant disturbing the king."

Proverbs 24:11

  1. Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die.
  2. Don't try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it. For God knows all hearts, and he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will judge all people according to what they have done.

1 Samuel 25:24

  1. She fell at his feet and said, "I accept all blame in this matter, my lord. Please listen to what I have to say.
  2. I know Nabal is a wicked and ill-tempered man; please don't pay any attention to him. He is a fool, just as his name suggests. But I never even saw the messengers you sent.
  3. "Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies be as cursed as Nabal is.
  4. And here is a present I have brought to you and your young men.
  5. Please forgive me if I have offended in any way. The LORD will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the LORD's battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life.

Micah 7:5

  1. Don't trust anyone--not your best friend or even your wife!

Lamentations 3:28

  1. Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD's demands.

Proverbs 31:8

  1. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those who are perishing.
  2. Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.

2 Samuel 3:31

  1. Then David said to Joab and all those who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth. Go into deep mourning for Abner." And King David himself walked behind the procession to the grave.

Genesis 44:18

  1. Then Judah stepped forward and said, "My lord, let me say just this one word to you. Be patient with me for a moment, for I know you could have me killed in an instant, as though you were Pharaoh himself.

1 Kings 21:27

  1. When Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in sackcloth, and fasted. He even slept in sackcloth and went about in deep mourning.

2 Kings 5:7

  1. When the king of Israel read it, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, "This man sends me a leper to heal! Am I God, that I can kill and give life? He is only trying to find an excuse to invade us again."

Genesis 44:34

  1. For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I cannot bear to see what this would do to him."

2 Kings 6:30

  1. When the king heard this, he tore his clothes in despair. And as the king walked along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing sackcloth underneath next to his skin.

Genesis 37:34

  1. Then Jacob tore his clothes and put on sackcloth. He mourned deeply for his son for many days.

2 Samuel 1:11

  1. David and his men tore their clothes in sorrow when they heard the news.

1 Samuel 19:4

  1. The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. "Please don't sin against David," Jonathan pleaded. "He's never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could.
  2. Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the LORD brought a great victory to Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!"

Genesis 37:29

  1. Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the pit. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in anguish and frustration.

Jeremiah 8:14

  1. "Then the people will say, `Why should we wait here to die? Come, let's go to the fortified cities to die there. For the LORD our God has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against the LORD.

Joel 2:13

  1. Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you.

Job 32:4

  1. Elihu had waited for the others to speak because they were older than he.
  2. But when he saw that they had no further reply, he spoke out angrily.
  3. Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said, "I am young and you are old, so I held back and did not dare to tell you what I think.
  4. I thought, `Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.'
  5. Surely it is God's Spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent.

Amos 8:3

  1. In that day the riotous sounds of singing in the Temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!"

Isaiah 36:21

  1. But the people were silent and did not answer because Hezekiah had told them not to speak.

Psalms 39:2

  1. But as I stood there in silence--not even speaking of good things--the turmoil within me grew to the bursting point.

Luke 19:37

  1. As they reached the place where the road started down from the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen.
  2. "Bless the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in highest heaven!"
  3. But some of the Pharisees among the crowd said, "Teacher, rebuke your followers for saying things like that!"
  4. He replied, "If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!"

Jeremiah 36:24

  1. Neither the king nor his officials showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard.

Acts 9:39

  1. So Peter returned with them; and as soon as he arrived, they took him to the upstairs room. The room was filled with widows who were weeping and showing him the coats and other garments Dorcas had made for them.

Job 2:13

  1. Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. And no one said a word, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.
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