Ecclesiastes 3: 1 - 11
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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
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a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
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a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.
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| 9
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What gain has the worker from his toil?
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| 10
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I have seen the business that God has given to the sons of men to be busy with.
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| 11
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He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has put eternity into man's mind, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
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