Ecclesiastes 3

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(Ecc 3:1) To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
(Ecc 3:2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up {that which is} planted;
(Ecc 3:3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
(Ecc 3:4) A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
(Ecc 3:5) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
(Ecc 3:6) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
(Ecc 3:7) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
(Ecc 3:8) A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
(Ecc 3:9) What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
(Ecc 3:10) I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
(Ecc 3:11) He hath made every {thing} beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
(Ecc 3:12) I know that {there is} no good in them, but for {a man} to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
(Ecc 3:13) And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, {it} is the gift of God.
(Ecc 3:14) I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth {it}, that {men} should fear before him.
(Ecc 3:15) That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
(Ecc 3:16) And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, {that} wickedness {was} there; and the place of righteousness, {that} iniquity {was} there.
(Ecc 3:17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for {there is} a time there for every purpose and for every work.
(Ecc 3:18) I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
(Ecc 3:19) For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all {is} vanity.
(Ecc 3:20) All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
(Ecc 3:21) Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
(Ecc 3:22) Wherefore I perceive that {there is} nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that {is} his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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