For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

So remember your Creator in the days of your youth – before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;