Ecclesiastes 3:8
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
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time to love

Ezekiel 16:8
Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.

Psalm 139:21
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

Ephesians 3:19
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 5:25, 28, 29
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her . . .

Titus 2:4
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

a time to hate

2 Chronicles 19:2
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 wrath of the LORD is upon you.

Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be My disciple.

Revelation 2:2
I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

a time of war

Genesis 14:14-17
And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he assembled the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan. . . .

Joshua 8:1
Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have handed over to you the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.

1 Kings 5:4
But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or crisis.

2 Chronicles 20:1, 30
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

International Standard Version
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

NET Bible
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
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