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Ecclesiastes 3 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:2 - a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:3 - a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 - a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:6 - a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:7 - a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 - a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:9 - What gain has the worker from his toil?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with.

God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:11 - He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has put eternity into man's mind, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 - I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live;
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - also that it is God's gift to man that every one should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:14 - I know that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; God has made it so, in order that men should fear before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 - Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts; for all is vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down to the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should enjoy his work, for that is his lot; who can bring him to see what will be after him?
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