Ecclesiastes 3:1

God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

¹ There is an occasion for everything,
and a time for every activity under heaven:
² a time to give birth and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to uproot;

All Things

Appointed Time

On Earth

Time for Every Purpose Under Heaven

To Everything There is a Season

Under the Sun

Time For Every Matter Under Heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”

Matthew 16:3

And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times.

2 Kings 5:26

But Elisha questioned him, “Wasn’t my spirit there when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?

2 Chronicles 33:12

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Proverbs 15:23

A man takes joy in giving an answer;
and a timely word—how good that is!

Ecclesiastes 1:13

I applied my mind to seek and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people this miserable task to keep them occupied.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I explored with my mind how to let my body enjoy life with wine and how to grasp folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what is good for people to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

Ecclesiastes 8:5-6

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.