Ecclesiastes 3:1-14
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1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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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;
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3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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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;
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6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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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.
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12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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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.