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Ecclesiastes 3:1
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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 3:1
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
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A Time for Everything
3 There is a time(A) for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
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3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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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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- Ecclesiastes 3:17 desire
Ecclesiastes 3:17
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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17 I said to myself,
Ecclesiastes 3:17
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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Matthew 16:3
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Matthew 16:3
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3 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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- Matthew 16:3 NU omits Hypocrites
Matthew 16:3
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Matthew 16:3
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3 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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- Matthew 16:3 Some early manuscripts do not have When evening comes … of the times.
Matthew 16:3
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Matthew 16:3
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3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
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Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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5 He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful;
And a wise man’s heart [a]discerns both time and judgment,
6 Because (A)for every matter there is a time and judgment,
Though the misery of man [b]increases greatly.
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- Ecclesiastes 8:5 Lit. knows
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 is great upon him
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,(A)
though a person may be weighed down by misery.
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
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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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- Ecclesiastes 7:14 alongside
Ecclesiastes 7:14
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
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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.
Ecclesiastes 7:14
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
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14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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2 Kings 5:26
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2 Kings 5:26
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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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2 Kings 5:26
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2 Kings 5:26
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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)
2 Kings 5:26
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2 Kings 5:26
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26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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- Proverbs 15:23 Lit. in its time
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 (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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- Ecclesiastes 2:3 Lit. to draw my flesh
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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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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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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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)
Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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