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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 3:1-17
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17 verses
New International Version (1984 Edition)
Ecclesiastes 3:1
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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:2
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a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
Ecclesiastes 3:3
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a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Ecclesiastes 3:5
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a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
Ecclesiastes 3:6
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a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
Ecclesiastes 3:7
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a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Ecclesiastes 3:8
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a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:9
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What does the worker gain from his toil?
Ecclesiastes 3:10
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I have seen the burden God has laid on men.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
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I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
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That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
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I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
Ecclesiastes 3:15
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Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. (F3)
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Ecclesiastes 3:16
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And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment-wickedness was there, in the place of justice-wickedness was there.
Ecclesiastes 3:17
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I thought in my heart, "God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed."
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