„Ein jegliches hat seine Zeit, und alles Vornehmen unter dem Himmel hat seine Stunde.“
Prediger 3,1

Bible verses about time

“For everything there is a season” – Ecclesiastes 3 is one of the best-known passages in the Bible. Time is precious and limited, and the Bible invites us to live consciously and entrust it to God. Here you will find 20 Bible verses about time.

Everything has its season

Ecclesiastes 3 and related verses.

  1. For everything there is a season, and for every purpose under heaven a time.

    Ecclesiastes 3:1New YearFarewell

  2. To be born and to die, to plant and to destroy what is planted, to tear down and to build up, to weep and to laugh, to mourn and to dance.

    Ecclesiastes 3:2-4

  3. To scatter stones and gather stones, to embrace and to keep away from embrace, to seek and to lose, to keep and to throw away, to rend and to sew, to be silent and to speak, to love and to hate, war and peace have their season.

    Ecclesiastes 3:5-8

  4. But he makes everything beautiful in its time, and he gives hearts understanding, how things should go in the world; for man cannot fathom the work that God does, neither the beginning nor the end.

    Ecclesiastes 3:11BeautyUnderstanding

  5. My time is in your hands.

    Psalm 31:16aGod's handNew Year

  6. For a thousand years before you are like the day that has passed, and like a night watch.

    Psalm 90:4

  7. Teach us to number our days, that we may gain wisdom.

    Psalm 90:12Old ageNew Year

  8. But know this, O beloved, that one day with the Lord is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a day.

    2 Peter 3:8

  9. But, Lord, teach me that there must be an end for me, and that my life has a purpose and that I must depart from it. Behold, the days of my life are but a handbreadth before you, and my life is as nothing before you. How nothing are all people, who yet live so securely!

    Psalm 39:5-6

  10. Man is but grass in his life, he flourishes like a flower in the field; when the wind passes over it, it is no more, and its place knows it no more.

    Psalm 103:15-16Flowers

Make the most of time

Verses about using time wisely.

  1. So look now that you walk carefully, not as unwise, but as wise, and redeem the time; for evil days are coming.

    Ephesians 5:15-16Wisdom

  2. Walk wisely against those who are outside, and redeem the time.

    Colossians 4:5Wisdom

  3. For he says: “I heard you in the pleasant season, and I helped you on the day of salvation.” Behold, now is the pleasant season, now is the day of salvation!

    2 Corinthians 6:2Salvation

  4. When we have time, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who are fellow believers.

    Galatians 6:10GivingLove of neighbor

  5. I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; for the night comes, when no one can work.

    John 9:4

  6. This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

    Psalm 118:24First CommunionJoy

  7. You who do not know what will be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is a vapor that lasts for a little while, and then it disappears.

    James 4:14

  8. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow; for the morning will provide for itself. Enough is it that every day has its own trouble.

    Matthew 6:34New YearPlanning

  9. But when the time was fulfilled, God sent his Son, born of a woman and put under the law.

    Galatians 4:4Mary

  10. And because we know this, namely the time, that the hour has come to rise from sleep, that our salvation is now nearer, for we have become believers.

    Romans 13:11Resurrection

Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.

Related Topics

This goes well with it

Every season has its fruit – the seasonal calendar shows it on one sheet. And Alpha & Omega reminds us of him who holds the beginning and the end in his hand.

Ecclesiastes 3 – everything has its season

“For everything there is a season, and for every purpose under heaven a time” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Then follow fourteen pairs of opposites: to be born and to die, to plant and to destroy, to weep and to laugh, to mourn and to dance, to be silent and to speak. The text does not say that everything is equal, but that every experience has its place – even the difficult ones. And it ends with a promise: “But he makes everything beautiful in its time” (Ecclesiastes 3:11). Many people choose Ecclesiastes 3 for birthdays, weddings, and funerals.

Lifetime in God's hands

Psalm 90 is Moses' prayer about transience: “For a thousand years before you are like the day that has passed” (Psalm 90:4). It concludes with the request: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). This is not meant darkly, but liberating: Who knows that their time is limited, lives more consciously. Psalm 31:16 puts everything in God's hand: “My time is in your hands.” More about this at Bible verses about God's hand, Bible verses about the future and Bible verses about old age.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does it say “Everything has its season”?

In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Luther 1912: “For everything there is a season, and for every purpose under heaven a time.”

Where does it say “My time is in your hands”?

In Psalm 31:16. The verse is a popular saying for birthdays, New Year, and funerals.

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