Cross references

Ecclesiastes 3:1

To everything there is a season,

and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 BSB

Ecclesiastes 3:1 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 3:17 (66 votes) and Matthew 16:3 (56 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Exodus 9 to 1 Corinthians 16.

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Which verses does Ecclesiastes 3:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

  2. Matthew 16:356 votes

    and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

  3. Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

  4. In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.

  5. 2 Kings 5:2627 votes

    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?

  6. A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!

  7. And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

  8. I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

  9. And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

  10. So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 3:1?

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