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Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

1. There is a right time for everything.Everything on earth has its special season.

2. There is a time to be bornand a time to die.There is a time to plantand a time to pull up plants.

3. There is a time to killand a time to heal.There is a time to destroyand a time to build.

4. There is a time to cryand a time to laugh.There is a time to be sadand a time to dance.

5. There is a time to throw away stonesand a time to gather them.There is a time to hugand a time not to hug.

6. There is a time to look for somethingand a time to stop looking for it.There is a time to keep thingsand a time to throw things away.

7. There is a time to tear apartand a time to sew together.There is a time to be silentand a time to speak.

8. There is a time to loveand a time to hate.There is a time for warand a time for peace.

9. Does a person really gain anything from his work?

10. I saw the hard work God has given us to do.

11. God has also given us a desire to know the future. God certainly does everything at just the right time. But we can never completely understand what he is doing.

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