Ecclesiastes 8:6

New International Version

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.

Cross References

Job 10:13

“But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:

Job 33:17

to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride,

Job 33:19

“Or someone may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in their bones,

Ecclesiastes 11:9

You who are young, be happy while you are young, and let your heart give you joy in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart and whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”

Luke 13:25

Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’