Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV)
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 is verse of the day number 143 of 366 on Lampfold, under the theme “A time for everything”. It comes from Ecclesiastes 3, and 10 other passages connected to it are listed below.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 in other translations
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Ecclesiastes 3:1 in context
Ecclesiastes 3:1–4 (KJV). The verse of the day is highlighted.
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 3:1
Passages most often linked to Ecclesiastes 3:1, strongest connections first.
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.
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both time and judgment. Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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