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a time to plant, and a time to pluck up <i>that which is</i> planted;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.</p> <p class="hdg">The Excellence in God's Works</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He hath made every <i>thing</i> 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I know that <i>there is</i> no good in them, but for <i>a man</i> to rejoice, and to do good in his life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it <i>is</i> the gift of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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 <i>it</i>, that <i>men</i> should fear before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.</p> <p class="hdg">From Dust to Dust</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, <i>that</i> wickedness <i>was</i> there; and the place of righteousness, <i>that</i> iniquity <i>was</i> there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for <i>there is</i> a time there for every purpose and for every work. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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 <i>is</i> vanity. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Wherefore I perceive that <i>there is</i> nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that <i>is</i> his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ecclesiastes/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ecclesiastes/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ecclesiastes 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ecclesiastes 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>