Ecclesiastes 3:2
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“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 3:2
What Does Ecclesiastes 3:2 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 3:2 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 3:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Hebrews 9:27“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”Job 14:5“Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;”Matthew 15:13“But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.”Jeremiah 18:7“At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;”Job 7:1“Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?”Isaiah 38:1“In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.”Luke 1:20“And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”John 16:21“A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.”Galatians 4:4“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,”Jeremiah 31:28“And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.”Jeremiah 45:4“Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.”Acts 7:17“But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,”Acts 7:20“In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:”Genesis 17:21“But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.”Genesis 21:1“And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.”Genesis 47:29“And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:”Numbers 20:24“Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.”Numbers 27:12“And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.”Deuteronomy 3:23“And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,”Deuteronomy 34:5“So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.”
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