Ecclesiastes 8:6

Modern English Version

For every matter there is a proper time and just way, though a person’s distress weighs heavily on him.

Cross References

Job 10:13

“These things You have hidden in Your heart. I know that this is with You.

Job 33:17

that He might turn aside man from his purpose, and conceal pride from man.

Job 33:19

“He is also chastened with pain on his bed, and with strong pain in many of his bones,

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is a specific time for everything, and an appropriate time for every matter under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also put obscurity in their hearts so that people do not come to know the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I thought in my heart: “God will bring judgment to the righteous and the wicked, for there is an appropriate time for every matter and deed.”

Luke 13:25

Once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’