Verse 1

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

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  • Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.
  • Eccl 8:5-6 : 5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment. 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
  • 2 Kgs 5:26 : 26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive clothing, olive groves, and vineyards, sheep, oxen, male servants, and female servants?
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I searched in my heart to give myself to wine, while guiding my heart with wisdom, and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what is good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
  • Prov 15:23 : 23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!
  • Matt 16:3 : 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?