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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8  New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Everything Has Its Time

3 For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:(A)

2 a time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted;(B)
3 a time to kill and a time to heal;
a time to break down and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;(C)
5 a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;(D)
6 a time to seek and a time to lose;
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
7 a time to tear and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;(E)
8 a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace.(F)

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Cross references

  1. 3.1 : v 17; Eccl 8.6
  2. 3.2 : Heb 9.27
  3. 3.4 : Ex 15.20; Ps 126.2; Rom 12.15
  4. 3.5 : 1 Cor 7.5
  5. 3.7 : Am 5.13
  6. 3.8 : Lk 14.26
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