Ecclesiastes 3 (NET)

Ecclesiastes 3:1¹For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 3:17Matt 16:3Eccl 8:5-6Eccl 7:142 Kgs 5:26Prov 15:232 Chr 33:12Eccl 2:3Eccl 2:17Eccl 1:13

Ecclesiastes 3:2²A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 9:27Job 14:5Matt 15:13Jer 18:7-10Gal 4:4Isa 38:1Job 7:1John 16:21Luke 1:20Acts 7:17

Ecclesiastes 3:3³a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 6:1-21 Sam 2:6Jer 45:4Jer 31:28Deut 32:39Isa 44:26Isa 5:5-61 Sam 2:25Dan 9:25-27Isa 38:5-20

Ecclesiastes 3:4⁴a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 30:5Rom 12:15Jas 4:9John 16:20-22Ps 126:1-2Ps 126:5-62 Cor 7:10Exod 15:20Luke 1:58Luke 6:21-25

Ecclesiastes 3:5⁵A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:25Josh 10:27Josh 4:3-9Joel 2:161 Sam 21:4-52 Sam 18:17-18

Ecclesiastes 3:6⁶a time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 3:7-8Luke 9:24-25Mark 8:35-37Matt 16:25-262 Kgs 5:26Eccl 11:1Heb 10:34-35Mark 10:28-30Matt 19:29Ps 112:9

Ecclesiastes 3:7⁷a time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:13Mic 7:5Esth 4:13-14Lam 3:28Acts 4:20Prov 31:8-9Esth 7:4Job 32:4-22Joel 2:13Prov 24:11-12

Ecclesiastes 3:8⁸A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 5:25Eph 5:28-29Luke 14:261 Kgs 5:42 Chr 19:2Ps 139:212 Sam 10:6-19Eph 3:19Gen 14:14-17Josh 11:23

Ecclesiastes 3:9⁹What benefit can a worker gain from his toil?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:3Eccl 5:16Prov 14:23Eccl 2:11Eccl 2:22-23Matt 16:26

Ecclesiastes 3:10¹⁰I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:13-14Gen 3:19Eccl 2:261 Thess 2:92 Thess 3:8

Ecclesiastes 3:11¹¹God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:19-20Rom 11:33Job 11:7Eccl 8:17Job 5:9Mark 7:37Ps 104:24Gen 1:31Eccl 7:29Deut 32:4

Ecclesiastes 3:12¹²I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 37:3Eccl 3:221 Tim 6:181 Thess 5:15-16Phil 4:4-9Acts 20:35Isa 64:5Luke 11:41Deut 28:63Eccl 9:7-9

Ecclesiastes 3:13¹³and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:24Eccl 9:7Isa 65:21-23Ps 128:2Eccl 5:18-20Deut 28:30-31

Ecclesiastes 3:14¹⁴I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:17Ps 33:11Rom 11:36Acts 5:39Prov 30:6Titus 1:2Prov 21:30Acts 2:23Acts 4:28Dan 11:2-4

Ecclesiastes 3:15¹⁵Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 1:9-10Eccl 6:10

Ecclesiastes 3:16¹⁶I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 4:1Eccl 5:81 Kgs 21:9-21Acts 23:3Ps 58:1-2Ps 82:2-5Ps 94:21-22Isa 59:14Matt 26:59Mic 2:2

Ecclesiastes 3:17¹⁷I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 5:10Eccl 12:14Eccl 3:1Matt 16:272 Thess 1:6-10Eccl 11:9Ps 98:9Rom 2:5-10Acts 1:7Rev 20:11-15

Ecclesiastes 3:18¹⁸I also thought to myself, “It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 73:22Ps 49:122 Pet 2:12Gen 3:17-19Heb 9:271 Pet 1:24Rom 9:23Job 14:1-4Job 15:16Job 40:8

Ecclesiastes 3:19¹⁹For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 49:12Ps 49:20Job 14:10-12Eccl 2:14Eccl 2:20-23Ps 39:5-6Ps 89:47-482 Sam 14:14Eccl 2:16Ps 104:29

Ecclesiastes 3:20²⁰Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 3:19Job 34:15Eccl 12:7Eccl 3:21Eccl 6:6Eccl 9:10Job 10:9-10Job 7:9Num 27:13Ps 104:29

Ecclesiastes 3:21²¹Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 12:72 Cor 5:1John 14:3Luke 16:22-23Phil 1:232 Cor 5:8Acts 1:25

Ecclesiastes 3:22²²So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 2:24Eccl 3:11-12Eccl 10:14Eccl 6:12Eccl 8:7Eccl 11:9Phil 4:4-5Eccl 2:10-11Dan 12:13Dan 12:9-10