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Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Everything Has Its Time
3 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:(A)
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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 3:17
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter and for every work.”(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:17
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17 I said to myself,
Matthew 16:3
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Matthew 16:3
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3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.[a]
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- 16.3 Other ancient authorities lack
When it is . . . of the times
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.
Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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Ecclesiastes 8:5-6
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5 Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way. 6 For every matter has its time and way, although the troubles of mortals lie heavy upon them.(A)
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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 7:14
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
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14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, and in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that comes after them.(A)
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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.
2 Kings 5:26
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2 Kings 5:26
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26 But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept silver and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?(A)
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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)
Proverbs 15:23
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Proverbs 15:23
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
and a word in season, how good it is!(A)
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Proverbs 15:23
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 2:3
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3 I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life.
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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 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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17 So I hated life because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.(A)
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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)
2 Chronicles 33:12
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2 Chronicles 33:12
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12 While he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.(A)
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2 Chronicles 33:12
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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.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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13 I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to humans to be busy with.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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Ecclesiastes 1:13
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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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