Thematic Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (show verse)
For everything there is a season. There is a time for every purpose under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:2 (show verse)
There is a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted;
Ecclesiastes 3:3 (show verse)
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes 3:4 (show verse)
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 (show verse)
a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:6 (show verse)
a time to get and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away.
Ecclesiastes 3:7 (show verse)
There is a time to tear and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak.
Ecclesiastes 3:8 (show verse)
There is also a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:9 (show verse)
What profit is there to the worker in his work?
Ecclesiastes 3:10 (show verse)
I have seen the task that God has given with which the sons of men are occupied.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 (show verse)
He made everything appropriate (beautiful) (good) in its time. God placed eternity in the heart of man. For man is unable to see the works of God from the first to the last.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 (show verse)
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to rejoice and to do good works in life.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 (show verse)
Every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor. It is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 (show verse)
I know that whatever God does it will be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor any thing taken from it. God does it in order that men should reverence (respect) him.
Ecclesiastes 3:15 (show verse)
That which is has already been and that which is to be has already been. God seeks what has passed by.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16 (show verse)
I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 3:17 (show verse)
I said in my heart, God should judge the righteous and the wicked for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.
Ecclesiastes 3:18 (show verse)
I said in my heart concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tested them that they might see that they are like animals.
Ecclesiastes 3:19 (show verse)
What happens to the sons of men also happens to animals. As the one dies so the other dies. Yes, they all have one breath so that a man has no advantage over animals. For all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 3:20 (show verse)
All go to one place. All came from the dust and all return to dust.
Ecclesiastes 3:21 (show verse)
Who knows the breath of man that goes upward, and the breath of the animal that goes downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes 3:22 (show verse)
I see there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works. That is his portion. Who will bring him to see what will happen after him?