Ecc 3:1
To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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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. {shall...: Heb. shall know}
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. {set: Heb. made}
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}! {due...: Heb. his season}
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. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of 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. {to be...: or, to afflict them}
Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
My times {are} in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}
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 he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
These {are} the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim {to be} holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
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?
As touching {our} brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.