aver. 17; ch. 8:6
bHeb. 9:27
c[Rom. 12:15]
d[2 Sam. 6:14]; See Ex. 15:20
e[2 Kgs. 3:25]
f[Isa. 5:2]
g[Joel 2:16]
h[Matt. 10:39]
i[Prov. 11:24]
jSee Gen. 37:29
kAmos 5:13
l[Luke 14:26]
mSee ch. 1:3
nSee ch. 1:13
oSee Gen. 3:17-19

Ecclesiastes 3:1-10

A Time for Everything

1For everything there is a season, and aa time for every matter under heaven:

2 a time to be born, and a time to bdie;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
 3a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
 4a time to cweep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to ddance;
 5a time to ecast away stones, and a time to fgather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to grefrain from embracing;
 6a time to seek, and a time to hlose;
a time to keep, and a time to icast away;
 7a time to jtear, and a time to sew;
a time to kkeep silence, and a time to speak;
 8a time to love, and a time to lhate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.

The God-Given Task

9What mgain has the worker from his toil? 10I have seen nthe business that oGod has given to the children of man to be busy with.
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