Chapter 3
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
every thing
17 7:14 8:5,6 2 Kings 5:26 2 Chronicles 33:12 Proverbs 15:23 Matthew 16:3
under
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
Heb. time to bear.
Genesis 17:21 21:1,2 1 Samuel 2:5 1 Kings 13:2 2 Kings 4:16 Psalms 113:9 Isaiah 54:1 Luke 1:13,20,36 John 16:21 Acts 7:17,20 Galatians 4:4
and a time
Genesis 47:29 Numbers 20:24-28 27:12-14 Deuteronomy 3:23-26 34:5 Job 7:1 14:5,14 Isaiah 38:1,5 John 7:30 Hebrews 9:27
a time to plant
Psalms 52:5 Isaiah 5:2-5 Jeremiah 1:10 18:7-10 45:4 Matthew 13:28,29,41 15:13
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
time to kill
Deuteronomy 32:39 1 Samuel 2:6,25 Hosea 6:1,2
a time to heal
Numbers 26:6-9 Isaiah 38:5-20 Jeremiah 33:6 Luke 9:54-56 Acts 5:15,16
a time to break
Isaiah 5:5,6 44:26 Jeremiah 31:28 45:4 Ezekiel 13:14 Daniel 9:25-27 Zechariah 1:12
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
time to weep
Nehemiah 8:9-12 9:1-38 Psalms 30:5 126:1,2,5,6 Isaiah 22:12,13 Matthew 9:15 Matthew 11:17 John 16:20-22 Romans 12:15 2 Corinthians 7:10 James 4:9
a time to laugh
Genesis 21:6 Luke 1:13,14,58 6:21-25
to dance
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
Joshua 4:3-9 10:27 2 Samuel 18:17,18 2 Kings 3:25
a time to embrace
Exodus 19:15 1 Samuel 21:4,5 Song of Solomon 2:6,7 Joel 2:16 1 Corinthians 7:5
refrain from
Heb. be far from.
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
time to get
or, time to seek.
Genesis 30:30-43 31:18 Exodus 12:35,36 Deuteronomy 8:17,18 2 Kings 5:26 8:9
an a time to lose
Matthew 16:25,26 19:29 Mark 8:35-37 10:28-30 Luke 9:24,25
and a time to cast
11:1 2 Kings 7:15 Psalms 112:9 Isaiah 2:20 Jonah 1:5 Acts 27:19,38 Philippians 3:7,8 Hebrews 10:34,35
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
time to rend
Genesis 37:29,34 2 Samuel 1:11 3:31 1 Kings 21:27 2 Kings 5:7 6:30 Jeremiah 36:24 Joel 2:13 Acts 9:39
time to keep
Job 2:13 Psalms 39:2 Isaiah 36:21 Jeremiah 8:14 Lamentations 3:28 Amos 5:13 8:3 Micah 7:5
and a time to speak
Genesis 44:18,34 1 Samuel 19:4,5 25:24-44 Esther 4:13,14 7:4 Job 32:4-37 Proverbs 24:11,12 31:8,9 Luke 19:37-40 Acts 4:20
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
time to love
Ezekiel 16:8 Psalms 139:21 Ephesians 3:19 5:25,28,29 Titus 2:4
a time to hate
2 Chronicles 19:2 Luke 14:26 Revelation 2:2
a time of war
Genesis 14:14-17 Joshua 8:1-29 11:23 2 Samuel 10:6-19 1 Kings 5:4 2 Chronicles 20:1-29,30
What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
1:3 2:11,22,23 5:16 Proverbs 14:23 Matthew 16:26
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
1:13,14 2:26 Genesis 3:19 1 Thessalonians 2:9 2 Thessalonians 3:8
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 Genesis 1:31 Deuteronomy 32:4 Mark 7:37
also
Matthew 13:22 Romans 1:19,20,28
so
8:17 Job 11:7 37:23 Psalms 104:24 Matthew 11:27 Romans 11:33
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
but
22 9:7-9 Deuteronomy 28:63 Psalms 37:3 Isaiah 64:5 Luke 11:41 Acts 20:35 Philippians 4:4-9 1 Thessalonians 5:15,16 1 Timothy 6:18
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 Deuteronomy 28:30,31,47,48 Judges 6:3-6 Psalms 128:2 Isaiah 65:21-23
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
Psalms 33:11 119:90,91 Isaiah 46:10 Daniel 4:34,35 Acts 2:23 4:28 Romans 11:36 Ephesians 3:11 Titus 1:2 James 1:17
nothing
Psalms 76:10 Proverbs 19:21 21:30 30:6 Isaiah 10:12-15 Daniel 8:8 11:2-4 John 19:10,11,28-37 Acts 5:39
God doeth it
Psalms 64:9 Isaiah 59:18,19 Revelation 15:4
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
which hath
past
Heb. driven away.
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 1 Kings 21:9-21 Psalms 58:1,2 82:2-5 94:21,22 Isaiah 59:14 Micah 2:2 7:3 Zephaniah 3:3 Matthew 26:59 Acts 23:3 James 2:6
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
God
12:14 Genesis 18:25 Psalms 98:9 Matthew 16:27 25:31-46 John 5:22,26-29 Acts 17:31 Romans 2:5-9 1 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 5:10 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10 Revelation 20:11-15
for
1 Jeremiah 29:10,11 Daniel 11:40 12:4,9,11-13 Acts 1:7 1 Thessalonians 5:1 2 Peter 3:7,8 Revelation 11:2,3,18 17:12-17 20:2,7-9
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
Genesis 3:17-19 Job 14:1-4 15:16 Psalms 49:14,19,20 73:18,19 90:5-12 Hebrews 9:27 1 Peter 1:24
that God, etc
or, that they might clear God, and see, etc.
Job 40:8 Psalms 51:4 Romans 3:4 9:23
and that
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
as the
2 Samuel 14:14 Job 14:10-12 Psalms 104:29
for
2:20-23 Psalms 39:5,6 89:47,48
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
go
21 6:6 9:10 Genesis 25:8,17 Numbers 27:13 Job 7:9 17:13 30:24 Psalms 49:14
all are
Genesis 3:19 Job 10:9,10 34:15 Psalms 104:29 Daniel 12:2
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
knoweth
12:7 Luke 16:22,23 John 14:3 Acts 1:25 2 Corinthians 5:1,8 Philippians 1:23
of man that goeth upwards
Heb. of the sons of man that is ascending.
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
11,12 2:10,11,24 5:18-20 8:15 9:7-9 11:9 Deuteronomy 12:7,18 26:10,11 Deuteronomy 28:47 Romans 12:11,12 Philippians 4:4,5
who
6:12 8:7 9:12 10:14 Job 14:21 Daniel 12:9,10,13 Matthew 6:34