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,
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

Note to refrain from: Heb. to be far from

KJV · King James Version
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
WEB · World English Bible
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

to cast
Joshua 4:3–9; Joshua 10:27; 2 Samuel 18:17, 18; 2 Kings 3:25
a time to embrace
Exodus 19:15; 1 Samuel 21:4, 5; Song of Songs 2:6, 7; Joel 2:16; 1 Corinthians 7:5