(Full) Ecclesiastes 3 KJV - Scripture For Today

Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 KJV

King James Version, Holy Bible

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;

Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 (Old Testament)

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.

Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 (Old Testament)

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 a 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?

Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: God’s timeliness in deeds. 

Memory verse: Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end. 

The third chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes is one of the common chapters in the Bible. The commencement of this chapter was one of the reasons why it was well-known because it explains the duality of life's circumstances, explicitly. This gives us a deepened understanding of the fact that even as we live on the surface of the earth we’ll experience diverse vicissitudes of life.

As believers, we ought to know that God is very much aware of what we are going through – both good and bad. God never created anything bad because the Scriptures confirmed that [Genesis 1:31]. Our memory verse makes us understand that God is very timely in doing whatever he wishes to do and whatsoever he does in his timing is always beautiful as compared to that which we strive for without recourse to God.

God is the only one that knows the best time for us to get to that position of greatness. He’s the only one that knows the appropriate time for us to embark on that project. So whenever we as believers are experiencing certain challenges or obstacles that shouldn’t give us the clue to draw a verdict that God has forsaken us. His plans for us are of peace, not of evil [Jeremiah 29: 11]. However, what we should know is that when God is preparing us for a better transition in any sphere of our lives, the devil too is always looking for a way to hinder us from getting to that great place God wants us to be in his timing [1 Peter 5:8]. It is to this end that we as believers need to trust God and wait patiently for that which He's set to do in His timing. 

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