Ecclesiastes:3

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* To every thing there is a season , and a time to every purpose under the heaven : * A time to be born , and a time to die ; a time to plant , and a time to pluck up that which is planted ; * A time to kill , and a time to heal ; a time to break down , and a time to build up ; * A time to weep , and a time to laugh ; a time to mourn , and a time to dance ; * A time to cast away stones , and a time to gather # stones together ; a time to embrace , and a time to refrain from embracing ; * A time to get , and a time to lose ; a time to keep , and a time to cast away ; * A time to rend , and a time to sew ; a time to keep silence , and a time to speak ; * A time to love , and a time to hate ; a time of war , and a time of peace . * What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth ? * I have seen the travail , which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it . * 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 . * I know that there is no good in them , but for a man to rejoice , and to do good in his life . * And also that every man should eat and drink , and enjoy the good of all his labour , it is the gift of God . * 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 . * That which hath been is now ; and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past . * And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment , that wickedness was there ; and the place of righteousness , that iniquity was there . * 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 ma #aseh #. * 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 . * 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 . * All go unto one place ; all are of the dust , and all turn # to dust again . * Who knoweth the spirit of man ben # that goeth upward ma #al #, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ? * Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better , than that a man should rejoice in his own works ma #aseh #; for that is his portion : for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him ?

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