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Ecclesiastes 3
English Standard Version Anglicised
A Time for Everything
3 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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;
6 a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
The God-Given Task
9 What gain has the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
14 I perceived that whatever God does endures for ever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. 15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away.[a]
From Dust to Dust
16 Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. 17 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. 18 I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts. 19 For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upwards and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth? 22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot. Who can bring him to see what will be after him?
Footnotes
4th February 2024 - "An Invitation From The King" - Matthew 22:1-14
28th January 2024 - "Serving & Showing Christ at Home & Work" - Ephesians 6:1-9
21st January 2024 - "Happy Exiles in Hard Times" - 1 Peter 1:3-12
14th January 2024 - ”Rejected by the World, Chosen by God” - 1 Peter 1:1-2
7th January 2024 - ”Precious Words For Anxious Hearts” - Matthew 6:25-34
31st December 2023 - ”Keep Calm and Preach The Gospel” - 2 Corinthians 4:1-7
17th December 2023 - ”Long Expected Jesus” - Matthew 2:13-23
10th December 2023 - ”Bow Before The True King” - Matthew 2:1-12
3rd December 2023 - ”WHAT CHILD IS THIS?”
26th November 2023 - ”A Perfectly Planned Pregnancy” - Matthew 1:18-25
19th November 2023 - ”Who do you think Jesus is?” - Matthew 1:1-17
12th November 2023 - ”Invitation to meet God” - Exodus 19
5th November 2023 - ”Mission Sunday” - Mark 15:33-39
29th October 2023 - ”WHY DOES THE LORD SAVE?” - Exodus 18 (ESV)
22nd October 2023 - ”Is the Lord with us?” - Exodus 17
15th October 2023 - ”Work Out Your Salvation” - Philippians 2:12-18
8th October 2023 - ” God - The patient Provider”- Exodus 15:22-16:36
1st Oct 2023 - ”Waiting For New Birth” - John 3:1-18
17th Sept 2023 - ”See the Salvation of the Lord” - Exodus 13:17 - 14:31
10th Sept 2023 - ”NEVER FORGET HOW YOU GOT HERE” - Exodus 13:1-16
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