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Ecclesiastes 3:1-10 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. For everything there is an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:

2. a time to bear and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up what is planted;

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

4. a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

5. a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;

6. a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

7. a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

8. a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

9. What does the worker gain in his toil?

10. I have seen the busyness God gives to humans to preoccupy them.

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