Bible verse
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
Ecclesiastes 3:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 3.
13 and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
14 I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.
15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
16 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
17 I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
18 I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
19 For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
20 All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
21 Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
KJV
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.
ASV
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
ERV
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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