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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 3:6 - King James

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Ec 3:6 King James A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
time to get--for example, to gain honestly a livelihood (Eph 4:23).

lose--When God wills losses to us, then is our time to be content.

keep--not to give to the idle beggar (Th2 3:10).

cast away--in charity (Pro 11:24); or to part with the dearest object, rather than the soul (Mar 9:43). To be careful is right in its place, but not when it comes between us and Jesus Christ (Luk 10:40-42).
 
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40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
19 When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.