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Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לַכֹּ֖לla.Kolfor <the> everythingH3605 →
זְמָ֑ןze.Manan appointed timeH2165 →
וְעֵ֥תve.'Etand an timeH6256 →
לְכָל־le.kholfor everyH3605 →
חֵ֖פֶץChe.fetzmatterH2656 →
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ סha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →

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Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”Matthew 16:3and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.Ecclesiastes 8:5–6Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.Ecclesiastes 7:14In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.2 Kings 5:26But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?Proverbs 15:23A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 1:13And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!Ecclesiastes 8:6For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.John 2:4“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”Mark 4:28All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.Leviticus 23:37These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting offerings by fire to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.1 Corinthians 16:12Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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