1For every thing there is a fixed period, and an appointed time to every thing under heaven:—

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Ecclesiastes 3:17, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Matthew 16:3, Matthew 16:3, Ecclesiastes 8:5

2A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.

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Hebrews 9:27, Hebrews 9:27, Job 14:5, Job 14:5, Jeremiah 18:7

3A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to breaking down, and a time to build up.

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Hosea 6:1, Hosea 6:2, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 6:2, 1 Samuel 2:6

4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

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Romans 12:15, Romans 12:15, James 4:9, John 16:20, John 16:22

5A time to cast stones asunder, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.

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2 Kings 3:25, 2 Kings 3:25, Joshua 10:27, Joshua 10:27, Joshua 4:3

6A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

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Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:8, Philippians 3:7, Philippians 3:8, Luke 9:24

7A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

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Amos 5:13, Micah 7:5, Amos 5:13, Micah 7:5, Esther 4:13

8A time to love, and a time to hate. A time of war, and a time of peace.—

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Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:28, Ephesians 5:29, Ephesians 5:28

9What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?

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Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Proverbs 14:23

10I have seen the business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.

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Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Ecclesiastes 1:13, Ecclesiastes 1:14, Genesis 3:19

11God maketh every thing good in its time; but he hath put the world into the heart of man, so that he understandeth not the work which God doeth, from the beginning to the end.

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Romans 1:19, Romans 1:20, Romans 1:19, Romans 1:20, Romans 11:33

12I know that there is nothing better for a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.

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Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:3, Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 3:22, 1 Timothy 6:18

13But when a man eateth and drinketh, and enjoyeth good through all his labor, this is the gift of God.

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Psalms 128:2, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Psalms 128:2, Ecclesiastes 2:24

14I know that whatever God doeth, that shall be for ever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it; and God doeth it that men may fear before him.

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James 1:17, James 1:17, Psalms 33:11, Psalms 33:11, Romans 11:36

15That which is, was long ago; and that which is to be, hath already been; and God recalleth that which is past.

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Ecclesiastes 1:9, Ecclesiastes 1:10, Ecclesiastes 1:9, Ecclesiastes 1:10, Ecclesiastes 6:10

16Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was iniquity; and in the place of righteousness, iniquity.

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Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Acts 23:3

17Then said I in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked." For there shall be a time for every matter and for every work.

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2 Corinthians 5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Ecclesiastes 3:1

18I said in my heart concerning the sons of men, that God will prove them, in order that they may see that they are like the beasts.

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Psalms 73:22, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:12, Hebrews 9:27

19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts: one lot befalleth both. As the one dieth, so dieth the other. Yea, there is one spirit in them, and a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast; for all is vanity.

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Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:12, Job 14:10, Job 14:12, Psalms 49:20

20All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

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Genesis 3:19, Genesis 3:19, Job 34:15, Job 34:15, Ecclesiastes 12:7

21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of a beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

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Ecclesiastes 12:7, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Luke 16:22, Luke 16:23, Philippians 1:23

22And so I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his labors; for that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Ecclesiastes 3:12, Ecclesiastes 3:11