Ecclesiastes 3:8

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 3:8

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

Time to love

Titus 2:4

A time to hate

2 Chronicles 19:2

Luke 14:26

Revelation 2:2

A time of war

Bible References

Time to love

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of My garment over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,
and detest those who rebel against You?

and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,

A time to hate

Then Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord’s wrath is on you.

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, and even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars.

A time of war

When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled his 318 trained men, born in his household, and they went in pursuit as far as Dan.

The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole military force with you and go attack Ai. Look, I have handed over to you the king of Ai, his people, city, and land.

So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the Lord had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.

When the Ammonites realized they had become repulsive to David, they hired 20,000 foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 men from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 men from Tob.

The Lord my God has now given me rest all around; there is no enemy or crisis.

After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites,

came to fight against Jehoshaphat.