[Ads-l] Q: "Everything is beautiful in its season"

[Joel Berson]

Thanks, Garson.  I actually saw clues to Ecclesiastes (I don't recall if they were to 3:11), but was too lazy to try variations on the exact wording.  Which Bible Gateway did not find.

Joel


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Joel Berson wrote:
> Who first wrote "everything is beautiful in its season"? Or is it so
> ancient that it vanishes into antiquity?
>
> It sounds biblical to me, but my very sketchy investigation didn't turn it up.

He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 - New International Version
http://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/3-11.htm

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