Quiz: Bible Catchphrases

  • 1. A time to throw away stones, a time to gather stones together


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    This expression is found in the Book of Ecclesiastes: "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: (Eccl.3:1): a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; (Eccl.3:2); .... a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; (Eccl.3:5) ... a time for war, and a time for peace. (Eccl.3:8)" (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). In modern usage, this expression has the meaning: Everything in its own time.

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