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Ecclesiastes 3:17

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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.

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  1. 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.

  2. Ecclesiastes 3:16

    And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

  3. 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.

  4. Ecclesiastes 3:19

    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.

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