Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to get - e.g., to gain honestly a livelihood (); Hebrew, seek.

Lose - when God wills losses to us, then is our time to be content.

Keep - not to give to the idle beggar ().

A time to cut away - in charity (), or to part with the dearest object rather than the soul (). To be careful is right in its place, but not when it comes between us and Jesus Christ (Luke 10:40). Hengstenberg explains "seek" of God's retributive righteousness in seeking His persecuted people (), and "cast away," His casting His sinning people from His presence (; ; ; ; the general context).