Ecclesiastes 3:1
Euery thyng hath a tyme, yea all that is vnder the heaue hath his conuenient season.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 24:27Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.
Ecclesiastes 2:3So I thought in my heart to geue my fleshe vnto wine, and agayne to apply my mynde vnto wisdome, and to comprehende foolishnesse: vntyll the tyme that among all the thynges which are vnder the sunne, I myght see what were best for men to do so long as they liue vnder heauen.
Ecclesiastes 3:17Then thought I in my mynde, God shall separate the ryghteous from the vngodly: and then shalbe the tyme and iudgement of all counsayles & workes.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall feele no harme: but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:1
Solomon having shown the vanity of studies, pleasures, and business, and made it to appear that happiness is not to be found in the schools of the learned, nor in the gardens of Epicurus, nor upon the exchange, he proceeds, in this chapter, further to prove his doctrine, and the inference he had drawn from it, That therefore we should cheerfully content ourselves with, and make use of, what God has given us, by showing, I. The mutability of all human affairs, ver. 1-10 . II. The immutability of the divine counsels… Read the whole commentary →