Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Ecclesiastes 3

6 songs meet this passage

  • “I must find a way of letting go”

    I Don't Wanna Cry · Mariah Carey

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:6

    There is a time to keep and a time to let go; the song's resolve to release what's broken fits this wisdom about seasons ending.

  • “the love that you lost wasn't worth what it cost”

    ROADS UNTRAVELED · LINKIN PARK

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-6

    There's a season to let go, and this line names that kind of release from a painful attachment.

  • “But nothin' is better sometimes”

    when the party's over · Billie Eilish

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

    Ecclesiastes names a time to let go as part of life's rhythm; the song reaches for this same acceptance that ending something can be the right, if sad, choice.

  • Man in Black · Johnny Cash

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

    The lament over war's dead, certain each side believed God backed them, echoes the sober realism of a time for war and a time for peace.

  • Remember When · Alan Jackson

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

    The honest acknowledgment of seasons of joy and brokenness reflects the wisdom that life holds a time for everything, including pain and healing.

  • Hello · Adele

    resonates with Ecclesiastes 3:6-7

    The song's whole posture, reaching back toward something lost and unable to retrieve it, echoes the Preacher's observation that some seasons for keeping and speaking have simply passed.

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