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Ecclesiastes 3:5

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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;

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The surrounding passage

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:3

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

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:4

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

  3. Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

  4. Ecclesiastes 3:7

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.