THEOSISEcclesiastes 3:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.
עֵ֤ת לִקְר֙וֹעַ֙ וְעֵ֣ת לִתְפּ֔וֹר עֵ֥ת לַחֲשׁ֖וֹת וְעֵ֥ת לְדַבֵּֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Amos 5:13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence at that time, for it is an evil time.
- Mic 7:5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.
- Esth 4:13He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jews:
- Esth 4:14For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father's house shall perish. And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that thou mightest be ready in such a time as this?
- Prov 24:11Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.
- Prov 24:12If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.
- Lam 3:28Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.
- Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.