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The Seasons Of Life. The Seasons Of Life. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 To everything there is a season , A time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, And a time to die ; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;. The Seasons Of Life. Ecclesiastes 3:3-4
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The Seasons Of Life • Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 • To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 2 A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
The Seasons Of Life • Ecclesiastes 3:3-4 • 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;
The Seasons Of Life • Ecclesiastes 3:5-6 • 5 A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;
The Seasons Of Life • Ecclesiastes 3:7-8 • 7 A time to tear, 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. NKJV
A Time To Build Up A Time To Break Down • 2 Corinthians 4:18 • So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
A Time To Build Up • Proverbs 24:27 • Prepare your outside work, Make it fit for yourself in the field; And afterward build your house.
A Time To Build Up • Ecclesiastes 10:18 • Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.
A Time To Break Down • Job 15:28 • he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Proverbs 30:8-9 • Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches — Feed me with the food allotted to me; 9 Lest I be full and deny You, And say, "Who is the LORD?"Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God. NKJV
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Job 1:1-3 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Job 1:17-19 • While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Job 1:17-19 • 18 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, 19 and suddenly a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Job 1:20-21 • Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD."NKJV
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Job 13:15 • Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. • Hebrews 13:5-6 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6 So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Matthew 6:33-34 • But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
A Time To Gain A Time To Lose • Psalm 118:24 • This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
A Time To Keep • Ecclesiastes 5:19 • As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor — this is the gift of God.
A Time To Keep • 1 Timothy 5:8 • But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
A Time To Throw Away • Ecclesiastes 5:13 • There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
A Time To Throw Away • Luke 12:17-20 • And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' 18 So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.
A Time To Throw Away • Luke 12:17-20 • 19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' 20 But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?'
A Time To Throw Away • Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 • Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days. 2 Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
A Time To Throw Away • Proverbs 11:24-25 • There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty. 25 The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself.
A Time To Throw Away • Luke 3:11 • He answered and said to them, "He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."
A Time To Love • Song of Solomon 8:6 • Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame. NKJV
A Time To Love • Matthew 22:37-39 • Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
A Time To Love • Matthew 5:43-44 • "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, NKJV
A Time To Hate • Proverbs 6:16-19 • These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. NKJV
A Time To Hate • 1 Corinthians 13:6 • does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
A Time To Be Silent • Proverbs 18:13 He who answers before listening — that is his folly and his shame. • Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.
A Time To Be Silent • Proverbs 29:11 • A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.
A Time To Speak • Proverbs 31:8 • "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
A Time To Speak • 2 Corinthians 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, • 2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.
A Time To Speak • Hebrews 3:13 • but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
A Time To LaughA Time To Weep • Ecclesiastes 7:14 • In the day of prosperity be joyful, But in the day of adversity consider: Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other, So that man can find out nothing that will come after him. NKJV
A Time To LaughA Time To Weep • Proverbs 17:22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. • Proverbs14:13 Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be grief.
A Time To LaughA Time To Weep • Psalm 30:5 • For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.