Ecclesiastes 3:5

a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

2 Kings 3:25

They destroyed the cities, and each of them threw stones to cover every good piece of land. They stopped up every spring of water and cut down every good tree. In the end, only the buildings of Kir-hareseth were left. Then men with slings surrounded the city and attacked it.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people;
sanctify the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even those nursing at the breast.
Let the groom leave his bedroom,
and the bride her honeymoon chamber.

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with women.”

Joshua 4:3-9

and command them: Take 12 stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests are standing, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you spend the night.”

Joshua 10:27

At sunset Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.

1 Samuel 21:4-5

The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it only if they have kept themselves from women.”

2 Samuel 18:17-18

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

Song of Songs 2:6-7

His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another sexually—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 3:5

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

To cast

A time to embrace

1 Corinthians 7:5

Bible References

To cast

and command them: Take 12 stones from this place in the middle of the Jordan where the priests are standing, carry them with you, and set them down at the place where you spend the night.”

At sunset Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees

and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.