Ecclesiastes 3:5
A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
2 Kings 3:25
They destroyed the [walls of the] cities, and each man threw a stone on every piece of good land, covering it [with stones]. And they stopped up all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees, until they left nothing in Kir-hareseth [Moab’s capital city] but its stones. Then the [stone] slingers surrounded the city and destroyed it.
Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber. [No one is excused from the assembly.]
Exodus 19:15
He said to the people, “Be prepared for the third day; do not
Joshua 4:3-9
and command them, ‘Pick up for yourselves twelve stones [one each] from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm; carry them over with you and lay them down at the place where you will spend the night tonight.’”
Joshua 10:27
At sunset Joshua gave a command, and they took the bodies down from the trees and threw them into the cave where the kings had hidden themselves, and placed large stones over the mouth of the cave, [where they remain] to this very day.
1 Samuel 21:4-5
The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is
2 Samuel 18:17-18
They took [down the body of] Absalom and threw him into a deep pit in the forest and set up a huge mound of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his own tent.
Song of Songs 2:6-7
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive each other [of marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves [unhindered] to prayer, but come together again so that Satan will not tempt you [to sin] because of your lack of self-control.
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A time to embrace
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To cast
A time to embrace
“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber. [No one is excused from the assembly.]