Ecc 8:6
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man {is} great upon him.
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To every {thing there is} a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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.
Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things {which belong} unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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.
Consider the work of God: for who can make {that} straight, which he hath made crooked?
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these {things} God will bring thee into judgment.
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Woe unto the wicked! {it shall be} ill {with him}: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. {given...: Heb. done to him}
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
And these {things} hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this {is} with thee.
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
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.