Ecclesiastes 3:13-20

¹³yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

¹⁴I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

¹⁵That which is was long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God bringeth back again that which is past.

¹⁶And moreover I saw under the sun, that in the place of judgment, wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there.

¹⁷I 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.

¹⁸I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.

¹⁹For what befalleth the children of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, and they have all one breath; and man hath no pre-eminence above the beast: for all is vanity.

²⁰All go unto one place: all are of the dust, and all return to dust.