1 There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a (
A) time for every event under heaven - 2 a time to give birth and a (
B) time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted; 3 a (
C) time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build up; 4 a time to (
D) weep and a time to (
E) laugh; a time to mourn and a time to (
F) dance; 5 a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to shun embracing; 6 a time to search and a time to give up as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away; 7 a time to tear apart and a time to sew together; a time to (
G) be silent and a time to speak; 8 a time to love and a time to (
H) hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9 (
I) What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
10 I have seen the (
J) task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
11 He has (
K) made everything [
a] appropriate in its time He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man (
L) will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 I know that there is (
M) nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime; 13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor - it is the (
N) gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
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