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Ecclesiastes 3

King James Version · 22 verses · 473 cross-references linking it to 258 other chapters

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  1. 1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:22 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 3:17, Matthew 16:3, Ecclesiastes 8:5–6, Ecclesiastes 7:14, 2 Kings 5:26
  2. 2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;37 cross-references: Hebrews 9:27, Job 14:5, Jeremiah 18:7–10, Galatians 4:4, Luke 1:20
  3. 3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;16 cross-references: Hosea 6:1–2, 1 Samuel 2:6, Jeremiah 45:4, Jeremiah 31:28, Deuteronomy 32:39
  4. 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;33 cross-references: Romans 12:15, James 4:9, John 16:20–22, Psalms 30:5, Exodus 15:20
  5. 5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;10 cross-references: 2 Kings 3:25, Joshua 10:27, Joshua 4:3–9, Joel 2:16, 2 Samuel 18:17–18
  6. 6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;20 cross-references: Philippians 3:7–8, Luke 9:24–25, Mark 8:35–37, Hebrews 10:34–35, Matthew 16:25–26
  7. 7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;35 cross-references: Amos 5:13, Micah 7:5, Esther 4:13–14, Proverbs 24:11–12, Lamentations 3:28
  8. 8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.16 cross-references: Ephesians 5:25, Ephesians 5:28–29, Luke 14:26, 1 Kings 5:4, Psalms 139:21
  9. 9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?8 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 5:16, Proverbs 14:23, Ecclesiastes 2:22–23, Ecclesiastes 2:11
  10. 10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.7 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:13–14, Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 2:26, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8
  11. 11He 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.27 cross-references: Romans 1:19–20, Romans 11:33, Job 11:7, Ecclesiastes 8:17, Genesis 1:31
  12. 12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.25 cross-references: Psalms 37:3, Ecclesiastes 3:22, 1 Timothy 6:18, Philippians 4:4–9, 1 Thessalonians 5:15–16
  13. 13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.13 cross-references: Psalms 128:2, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Isaiah 65:21–23, Ecclesiastes 5:18–20
  14. 14I 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.37 cross-references: James 1:17, Psalms 33:11, Romans 11:36, Acts 5:39, Proverbs 30:6
  15. 15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.4 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 1:9–10, Ecclesiastes 6:10
  16. 16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.28 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Acts 23:3, James 2:6, Psalms 58:1–2
  17. 17I 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.41 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 5:10, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Matthew 16:27, Psalms 98:9
  18. 18I 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.21 cross-references: Psalms 73:22, Psalms 49:12, Hebrews 9:27, Genesis 3:17–19, 2 Peter 2:12
  19. 19For 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.20 cross-references: Psalms 49:12, Job 14:10–12, Psalms 49:20, Ecclesiastes 2:20–23, Psalms 89:47–48
  20. 20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.21 cross-references: Genesis 3:19, Job 34:15, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Job 7:9, Job 10:9–10
  21. 21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?10 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 12:7, Luke 16:22–23, Philippians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 5:1, John 14:3
  22. 22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?32 cross-references: Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:11–12, Ecclesiastes 8:7, Ecclesiastes 10:14, Ecclesiastes 6:12

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