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Bible Verses About 'A Time for Everything'

Ecclesiastes 3 and the wisdom of seasons in life.

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (BSB)

More Verses

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (BSB)

“a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:2 (BSB)

“a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:3 (BSB)

“a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:4 (BSB)

“a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:5 (BSB)

“a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:6 (BSB)

“a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:7 (BSB)

“a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:8 (BSB)

“So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.”

β€” Psalms 90:12 (BSB)

“Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.”

β€” 2 Peter 3:8 (BSB)

“redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”

β€” Ephesians 5:16 (BSB)

“A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.”

β€” Proverbs 16:9 (BSB)

“You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

β€” James 4:14 (BSB)

“Come now, you who say, β€œToday or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.””

β€” James 4:13 (BSB)

“Instead, you ought to say, β€œIf the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.””

β€” James 4:15 (BSB)

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.”

β€” Jeremiah 29:11 (BSB)

“My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.”

β€” Psalms 31:15 (BSB)

“Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.”

β€” Colossians 4:5 (BSB)

“Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.”

β€” Proverbs 16:3 (BSB)

“For He says: β€œIn the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!”

β€” 2 Corinthians 6:2 (BSB)

“as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.”

β€” Ephesians 1:10 (BSB)

“No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”

β€” Mark 13:32 (BSB)

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (BSB)

“While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.”

β€” John 9:4 (BSB)

“Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

β€” Galatians 6:9 (BSB)

“For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.”

β€” Psalms 90:4 (BSB)

“Jesus replied, β€œIt is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.”

β€” Acts 1:7 (BSB)

“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:12 (BSB)

“and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his laborβ€”this is the gift of God.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:13 (BSB)

“I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:14 (BSB)

“I said in my heart, β€œGod will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.””

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:17 (BSB)

“I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?”

β€” Ecclesiastes 3:22 (BSB)

“He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.”

β€” Psalms 104:19 (BSB)

“But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.”

β€” Isaiah 40:31 (BSB)

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.””

β€” Genesis 8:22 (BSB)

“From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.”

β€” Acts 17:26 (BSB)

“I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.”

β€” Philippians 4:11 (BSB)

“I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.”

β€” Philippians 4:12 (BSB)

“In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 7:14 (BSB)

“Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 8:5 (BSB)

“For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.”

β€” Ecclesiastes 8:6 (BSB)

“β€œFor My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.”

β€” Isaiah 55:8 (BSB)

“And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.”

β€” Romans 8:28 (BSB)

“The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.”

β€” Lamentations 3:25 (BSB)

“For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.”

β€” Habakkuk 2:3 (BSB)

“He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.”

β€” Daniel 2:21 (BSB)

“Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.”

β€” Proverbs 19:21 (BSB)

“Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,”

β€” Job 14:5 (BSB)

“He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.”

β€” Psalms 1:3 (BSB)

“Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,”

β€” Hebrews 9:27 (BSB)

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Ecclesiastes 3 mean?

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 teaches that life has seasons and cycles β€” a time to be born and die, weep and laugh, mourn and dance. Verse 11 says God 'has made everything beautiful in its time.' The passage encourages us to accept life's seasons and trust in God's perfect timing.