Ecclesiastes 3:13-15

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¹³God wants everyone to eat, drink, and enjoy their work. These are gifts from God.

¹⁴I learned that anything God does will continue forever. People cannot add anything to the work of God, and they cannot take anything away from it. God did this so that people would respect him. ¹⁵What happened in the past has happened, and what will happen in the future will happen. But God wants to help those who have been treated badly.^[a]

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Ecclesiastes 3:15 Or “What happens now also happened in the past. What happens in the future has also happened before. God makes things happen again and again.”