Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Everything Has Its Time
3 To everything there is a season,
A (A)time for every purpose under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:10
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10 (A)I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11
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11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that (A)no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16-19
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Injustice Seems to Prevail
16 Moreover (A)I saw under the sun:
In the place of [a]judgment,
Wickedness was there;
And in the place of righteousness,
[b]Iniquity was there.
17 I said in my heart,
(B)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [c]purpose and for every work.”
18 I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.” 19 (C)For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.
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- Ecclesiastes 3:16 justice
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 Wickedness
- Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire
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