by the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail,1-10. There is an excellency in God's works,11-15. But as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast,16-22

every thing 3:17 7:14 8:5,6 2Ki 5:26 2Ch 33:12 Pr 15:23 Mt 16:3

under 1:13 2:3,17

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

time to be born Ge 17:21 21:1,2 1Sa 2:5 1Ki 13:2 2Ki 4:16 Ps 113:9 Isa 54:1 Lu 1:13,20,36 Joh 16:21 Ac 7:17,20 Ga 4:4

and a time Ge 47:29 Nu 20:24-28 27:12-14 De 3:23-26 34:5 Job 7:1 14:5,14 Isa 38:1,5 Jer 1:10 18:7-10 45:4 Mt 13:28,29,41 15:13

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

time to kill De 32:39 1Sa 2:6,25 Ho 6:1,2

a time to heal Nu 26:6-9 Isa 38:5 Jer 33:6 Lu 9:54-56 Ac 5:15,16

a time to break Isa 5:5,6 44:26 Jer 31:28 45:4 Eze 13:14 Da 9:25-27 Zec 1:12

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

time to weep Ne 8:9-12 9:1 Ps 30:5 126:1,2,5,6 Isa 22:12,13 Mt 9:15 11:17 Joh 16:20-22 Ro 12:15 2Co 7:10 Jas 4:9

a time to laugh Ge 21:6 Lu 1:13,14,58 6:21-25

to dance Ex 15:20 2Sa 6:16

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

to cast Jos 4:3-9 10:27 2Sa 18:17,18 2Ki 3:25

a time to embrace Ex 19:15 1Sa 21:4,5 So 2:6,7 Joe 2:16 1Co 7:5

refrain from

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

time to get Ge 30:30 31:18 Ex 12:35,36 De 8:17,18 2Ki 5:26 8:9

an a time to lose Mt 16:25,26 19:29 Mr 8:35-37 10:28-30 Lu 9:24,25

and a time to cast 11:1 2Ki 7:15 Ps 112:9 Isa 2:20 Jon 1:5 Ac 27:19,38 Php 3:7,8 Heb 10:34,35

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

time to rend Ge 37:29,34 2Sa 1:11 3:31 1Ki 21:27 2Ki 5:7 6:30 Jer 36:24 Joe 2:13 Ac 9:39

time to keep Job 2:13 Ps 39:2 Isa 36:21 Jer 8:14 La 3:28 Am 5:13 8:3 Mic 7:5

and a time to speak Ge 44:18,34 1Sa 19:4,5 25:24 Es 4:13,14 7:4 Job 32:4 Pr 24:11,12 31:8,9 Lu 19:37-40 Ac 4:20

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

time to love Eze 16:8 Ps 139:21 Eph 3:19 5:25,28,29 Tit 2:4

a time to hate 2Ch 19:2 Lu 14:26 Re 2:2

a time of war Ge 14:14-17 Jos 8:1 11:23 2Sa 10:6 1Ki 5:4 2Ch 20:1,30

9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

1:3 2:11,22,23 5:16 Pr 14:23 Mt 16:26

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

1:3 2:11,22,23 5:16 Pr 14:23 Mt 16:26

11 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.

hath made 7:29 Ge 1:31 De 32:4 Mr 7:37

also Mt 13:22 Ro 1:19,20,28

so 8:17 Job 11:7 37:23 Ps 104:24 Mt 11:27 Ro 11:33

12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

but 3:22 9:7-9 De 28:63 Ps 37:3 Isa 64:5 Lu 11:41 Ac 20:35 Php 4:4-9 1Th 5:15,16 1Ti 6:18

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

2:24 5:18-20 6:2 9:7 De 28:30,31,47,48 Jud 6:3-6 Ps 128:2 Isa 65:21-23

14 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.

whatsoever Ps 33:11 119:90,91 Isa 46:10 Da 4:34,35 Ac 2:23 4:28 Ro 11:36 Eph 3:11 Tit 1:2 Jas 1:17

nothing Ps 76:10 Pr 19:21 21:30 30:6 Ac 5:39

God doeth it Ps 64:9 Isa 59:18,19 Re 15:4

15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

which hath 1:9,10

16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

4:1 5:8 1Ki 21:9-21 Ps 58:1,2 82:2-5 94:21,22 Isa 59:14 Mic 2:2 7:3 Zep 3:3 Mt 26:59 Ac 23:3 Jas 2:6

17 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.

said 1:16 2:1

God 12:14 Ge 18:25 Ps 98:9 Mt 16:27 25:31-46 Joh 5:22,26-29 Ac 17:31 Ro 2:5-9 1Co 4:5 2Co 5:10 2Th 1:6-10 Re 20:11-15

for 3:1 Jer 29:10,11 Da 11:40 12:4,9,11-13 Ac 1:7 1Th 5:1 2Pe 3:7,8 Re 11:2,3,18 17:12-17 20:7-9

18 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.

concerning Ge 3:17-19 Job 14:1-4 15:16 Ps 49:14,19,20 73:18,19 90:5-12 Heb 9:27 1Pe 1:24

that God Job 40:8 Ps 51:4 Ro 3:4 9:23

and that Ps 73:22 2Pe 2:12

19 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.

that which 2:16 Ps 49:12,20 92:6,7

as the 2Sa 14:14 Job 14:10-12 Ps 104:29

for 2:20-23 Ps 39:5,6 89:47,48

20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

3:21 6:6 9:10 Ge 25:8,17 Nu 27:13 Job 7:9 17:13 30:24 Ps 49:14

all are Ge 3:19 Job 10:9,10 34:15 Ps 104:29 Da 12:2

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

knoweth 12:7 Lu 16:22,23 Joh 14:3 Ac 1:25 2Co 5:1,8 Php 1:23

of man that goeth upwards

22 Wherefore 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?

nothing 3:11,12 2:10,11,24 5:18-20 8:15 9:7-9 11:9 De 12:7,18 26:10,11 28:47 Re 12:11,12 Php 4:4,5

who 6:12 8:7 9:12 10:14 Job 14:21 Da 12:9,10,13 Mt 6:34