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Ecclesiastes 3:16

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:14

    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.

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:15

    That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

  3. Ecclesiastes 3:17

    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.

  4. Ecclesiastes 3:18

    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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.