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Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 4, 7-8, 16-21

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 NASB1995

There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 NASB1995

A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:7-8 NASB1995

A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:16-21 NASB1995

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there. I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.” For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth?

Verse Image for Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 4, 7-8, 16-21

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 - There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven—
A time to give birth and a time to die;
A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.