1. To every thing there is
a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2. A time to be born, and a
time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which 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 cast away
stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a
time to refrain from embracing;
6. A time to get, and a
time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7. A time to rend, and a
time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8. A time to love, and a
time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9. What profit hath he that
worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
10. I have seen the
travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in
it.
11. He hath made every
thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their
heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the
beginning to the end.
12. I know that there is no
good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13. And also that every man
should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the
gift of God.
14. I know that, whatsoever
God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any
thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before
him.
15. That which hath been is
now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that
which is past.
16. And moreover I saw
under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and
the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
17. I said in mine heart,
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time
there for every purpose and for every work.
18. I said in mine heart
concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest
them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
19. For that which
befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth
them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one
breath; so that man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is
vanity.
20. All go unto one place;
all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
21. Who knoweth the spirit
of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth
downward to the earth?
22. Wherefore I perceive
that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his
own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see
what shall be after him?
Sept. 19
Daily reading schedule.. No NT reading
today.
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