Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose under heaven. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
In Context
2There is a time to be born and a time to die, 1 a time to plant and a time to pull up plants, 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:12When Manasseh was in distress, he implored Yahweh, his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
Proverbs 24:27Prepare your outdoor work, 1 and make everything ready for yourself in the field; 1 after that, build your house. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:3I explored in my heart how to gratify my desires with wine. I let my mind guide me with wisdom although I was still holding on to folly. I wanted to find out what is good for people to do under heaven during the days of their lives.
Ecclesiastes 3:17I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked at the right time for every matter and every deed.”
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps the king's commands avoids harm. 2 A wise man's heart recognizes the proper course and time of action. 1
Jeremiah 46:17They proclaimed there, 'Pharaoh the king of Egypt is only a noise, one who has let his opportunity slip away.' 1
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 →