Ecclesiastes 3:7

Other passages that echo Ecclesiastes 3:7 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1. Genesis 37:29When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
2. Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
3. Genesis 44:18Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
4. Genesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
5. 1 Samuel 10:16And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.
6. 1 Samuel 19:4Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
7. 1 Samuel 25:24She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.
8. 2 Samuel 1:11Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
9. 2 Samuel 3:31Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
10. 1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
11. 2 Kings 5:7When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
12. 2 Kings 6:30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
13. 2 Kings 18:36But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
14. Esther 4:13he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
15. Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
16. Esther 7:4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
17. Job 2:13Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
18. Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
19. Psalms 39:2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
20. Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
21. Proverbs 31:8Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
22. Isaiah 36:21But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
23. Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
24. Jeremiah 36:24Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

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