Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (show verse)
and a time for every activity under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:2 (show verse)
a time to plant and a time to uproot;
Ecclesiastes 3:3 (show verse)
a time to tear down and a time to build;
Ecclesiastes 3:4 (show verse)
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 (show verse)
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:6 (show verse)
a time to keep and a time to throw away;
Ecclesiastes 3:7 (show verse)
a time to be silent and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes 3:8 (show verse)
a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:9 (show verse)
What does the worker gain from his struggles?
Ecclesiastes 3:10 (show verse)
I have seen the task that God has given people to keep them occupied.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 (show verse)
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 (show verse)
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the good life.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 (show verse)
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 (show verse)
I know that all God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of Him.
Ecclesiastes 3:15 (show verse)
Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16 (show verse)
I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 3:17 (show verse)
I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”
Ecclesiastes 3:18 (show verse)
I said to myself, “This happens concerning people, so that God may test them and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”
Ecclesiastes 3:19 (show verse)
For the fate of people and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
Ecclesiastes 3:20 (show verse)
All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
Ecclesiastes 3:21 (show verse)
Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:22 (show verse)
I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?