Everything Has Its Time

To everything there is a season,
A (A)time for every purpose under heaven:

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A Time for Everything

There is a time(A) for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

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17 I said in my heart,

(A)“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every [a]purpose and for every work.”

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire

17 I said to myself,

“God will bring into judgment(A)
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”(B)

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and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ [a]Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

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  1. Matthew 16:3 NU omits Hypocrites

and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 16:3 Some early manuscripts do not have When evening comes … of the times.

He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful;
And a wise man’s heart [a]discerns both time and judgment,
Because (A)for every matter there is a time and judgment,
Though the misery of man [b]increases greatly.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:5 Lit. knows
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:6 is great upon him

Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
    and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,(A)
    though a person may be weighed down by misery.

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14 (A)In the day of prosperity be joyful,
But in the day of adversity consider:
Surely God has appointed the one [a]as well as the other,
So that man can find out nothing that will come after him.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:14 alongside

14 When times are good, be happy;
    but when times are bad, consider this:
God has made the one
    as well as the other.(A)
Therefore, no one can discover
    anything about their future.

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26 Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it (A)time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants?

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26 But Elisha said to him, “Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time(A) to take money or to accept clothes—or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves?(B)

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23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And (A)a word spoken [a]in due season, how good it is!

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  1. Proverbs 15:23 Lit. in its time

23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply(A)
    and how good is a timely word!(B)

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(A)I searched in my heart how [a]to gratify my flesh with wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was (B)good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh

I tried cheering myself with wine,(A) and embracing folly(B)—my mind still guiding me with wisdom. I wanted to see what was good for people to do under the heavens during the few days of their lives.

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17 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Toil Is Meaningless

17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)

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12 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and (A)humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

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13 And I set my heart to seek and (A)search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven; (B)this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be [a]exercised.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Or afflicted

13 I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!(B)

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