What does Ecclesiastes 3:7 mean?

Ecclesiastes 3:7 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Ecclesiastes 3:7 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

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