Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

"A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;" - Ecclesiastes 3:6
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What does Ecclesiastes 3:6 mean?

Ecclesiastes 3:6 (KJV) states: "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away." This verse is part of a larger passage in the Book of Ecclesiastes, which is traditionally attributed to King Solomon. In this passage, the author reflects on the…

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Embracing the Seasons of Life: Understanding Ecclesiastes 3:6

Ecclesiastes 3:6 presents a profound truth within the intricate tapestry of life: "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away." These words invite us into a deep contemplation of the cycles we experience, the choices we make, and the wisdom we can…

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A Prayer for Understanding the Seasons of Life

Dear Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the profound wisdom found in the book of Ecclesiastes, particularly in chapter 3, verse 6, which tells us, "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away." Lord, this verse resonates…

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Ecclesiastes 3:6 - "A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"
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Ecclesiastes 6:3 - "¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he."
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Ecclesiastes 3:3 - "A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;"
Ecclesiastes 3:7-8
Ecclesiastes 3:1 – "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens."
Ecclesiastes 10:6 - "Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place."
Ecclesiastes 6:7 - "All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled."
Ecclesiastes 6:11 - "¶ Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?"
Ecclesiastes 3:9 - "What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?"
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Ecclesiastes 3:4 - "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;"
Ecclesiastes 3:8 - "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace."
Ecclesiastes 6:9 - "¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 6:1 - "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:"
Ecclesiastes 6:4 - "For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness."
Ecclesiastes 7:6 - "For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."
Ecclesiastes 7:3 - "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."
Ecclesiastes 8:6 - "¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him."
Ecclesiastes 4:6 - "Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit."
Ecclesiastes 6:6 - "¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?"
Ecclesiastes 3:7 - "A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;"
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - "I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:"
Ecclesiastes 3:21 - "Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?"
Ecclesiastes 3:2 - "A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;"
Ecclesiastes 3:16 - "¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there."
Ecclesiastes 3:20 - "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again."
Ecclesiastes 3:12 - "I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life."