Ecclesiastes 3:1

New American Bible - revised edition

There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said in my heart, both the just and the wicked God will judge, since a time is set for every affair and for every work.

Matthew 16:3

and, in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to judge the appearance of the sky, but you cannot judge the signs of the times.]

Ecclesiastes 7:14

On a good day enjoy good things, and on an evil day consider: Both the one and the other God has made, so that no one may find the least fault with him. Critique of Sages on Justice and Wickedness.

2 Kings 5:26

But Elisha said to him: “Was I not present in spirit when someone got down from his chariot to wait for you? Is this a time to take money or to take garments, olive orchards or vineyards, sheep or cattle, male or female servants?

Proverbs 15:23

One has joy from an apt response; a word in season, how good it is!

Ecclesiastes 2:3

Guided by wisdom, I probed with my mind how to beguile my senses with wine and take up folly, until I should understand what is good for human beings to do under the heavens during the limited days of their lives.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I detested life, since for me the work that is done under the sun is bad; for all is vanity and a chase after wind. To Others the Profits.

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress, he began to appease the Lord, his God. He humbled himself abjectly before the God of his ancestors,

Ecclesiastes 1:13

and I applied my mind to search and investigate in wisdom all things that are done under the sun. A bad business God has given to human beings to be busied with.

Proverbs 24:27

Complete your outdoor tasks, and arrange your work in the field; afterward you can build your house.

Jeremiah 46:17

Give Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the name “Braggart-missed-his-chance.”