Ecclesiastes 3:14-21
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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.
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15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?