“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Solomon wrote those words nearly three thousand years ago, and they still describe every life honestly. Nobody stays in one season forever. The mother rocking a newborn at 2 a.m. is in a different season than she will be in ten years. The man who just buried his father is in a season he never asked for. The believer waiting on an answer to prayer is in a season that feels like it may never end — and yet it will.
The Bible Verses About Seasons below is arranged the way life actually moves seasons God appoints, seasons of beginning, seasons of sowing, seasons of waiting, winter seasons of trial, harvest seasons of reward, and the season of full age. Every verse is quoted from the King James Version, word for word, and each section closes with a short prayer you can pray right where you are.
If you are not sure which season you are in, the short self-check near the end of this page may help you name it — because a season you can name is a season you can pray through.
40 KJV Bible Verses About Seasons of Life
1. God Appoints Every Season
Before looking at any single season, it helps to settle one truth: seasons are not accidents. The KJV repeatedly says God “appointed” and “changeth” the times. That means your current season — pleasant or painful — passed through His hands first.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
This is the anchor verse for the whole subject. Notice the word “purpose” — the KJV does not say every season is enjoyable, but it does say every season has a reason.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work of God that he maketh from the beginning to the end.”
“In his time” — not ours. The beauty of a season is often only visible after it ends.
Daniel 2:21
“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:”
Daniel spoke this in Babylon, as a captive. Even in exile he confessed that seasons change by God’s hand, not by earthly power.
Psalm 31:15
“My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.”
Five words worth memorizing: “My times are in thy hand.” David wrote this while being hunted.
Psalm 104:19
“He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.”
God built the calendar into creation itself. The same God who schedules the moon schedules your life.
Acts 1:7
“And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”
Jesus never promised us the timetable — only the Father’s power over it.
A short prayer: Father, my times are in Thy hand. I do not understand this season, but I trust the One who appointed it. Teach me its purpose. In Jesus' name, Amen.
2. Seasons of New Beginnings
Some seasons open like spring — a new marriage, a new baby, a new church, a fresh start after failure. The KJV describes new beginnings with unusual tenderness.
Isaiah 43:19
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
God announces new seasons before we can see them. “Now it shall spring forth” — the language of a seed already moving under the soil.
2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
The greatest new season anyone ever enters is salvation. Every other new beginning flows from this one.
Song of Solomon 2:11-12
“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;”
“The voice of the turtle” is old English for the turtledove — a migratory bird whose return announced spring in Israel. When your winter passes, God sends signs.
Lamentations 3:22-23
“It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Remarkably, this verse about newness sits inside a book of grief. New mercies are not reserved for easy seasons.
Esther 4:14
“…and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
Some new seasons are assignments. Esther’s promotion was not comfort — it was positioning.
A short prayer: Lord, Thou art doing a new thing in my life. Give me eyes to see it spring forth, and courage to walk into it. Thy mercies are new every morning. Amen.
3. Seasons of Sowing
Sowing seasons are the quiet, unglamorous stretches — raising small children, building a ministry nobody notices yet, praying for a prodigal, doing right when no one thanks you. The KJV takes sowing seriously because harvest depends on it.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
“He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.”
Waiting for perfect conditions is how nothing ever gets planted. Sow anyway.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
“In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.”
You cannot know in advance which seed will grow — so Scripture says sow in the morning and the evening both.
2 Corinthians 9:6
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.”
The size of a harvest is decided in the sowing season, not the reaping season.
Hosea 10:12
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”
“Fallow ground” is soil left unplanted so long it has hardened. Some hearts need breaking up before anything can be sown — and the verse says plainly, “it is time.”
Mark 4:28-29
“For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.”
Jesus describes growth in stages — blade, ear, full corn. If all you can see is a blade, that is still progress.
A short prayer: Father, help me sow faithfully in this quiet season — in my home, my church, and my secret prayers. Break up my fallow ground. I trust Thee for the increase. Amen.
4. Seasons of Waiting
Waiting may be the hardest season in the Christian life, because nothing visible is happening. But the KJV never treats waiting as wasted time — it treats waiting as a place where strength is exchanged.
Isaiah 40:31
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
The promise is not that waiting ends quickly, but that waiters are renewed while they wait.
Psalm 27:14
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
David repeats the command twice in one verse — “wait, I say” — because once is rarely enough for an anxious heart.
James 5:7
“Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”
The farmer is Scripture’s picture of holy waiting. He cannot rush the rain; he can only stay faithful between the rains.
Habakkuk 2:3
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
“Though it tarry, wait for it.” A delayed promise is not a denied promise.
1 Peter 5:6
“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:”
“Due time” — the same idea as “due season” in Galatians 6:9. God’s clock does not run slow; ours runs anxious.
A short prayer: Lord, I am tired of waiting, but I choose to wait on Thee. Renew my strength. The vision is for an appointed time — help me trust that it will surely come. Amen.
5. Winter Seasons: Trial and Loss
Scripture does not pretend winter away. It names loss, barrenness, and even the bitter feeling that the season for rescue has passed. If you are grieving or suffering, these verses were written for your exact season.
Psalm 30:5
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
The KJV word “endure” is honest — weeping is real and it lasts through the night. But it is a lodger, not a resident.
Psalm 74:17
“Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.”
God made winter too. The hard season you are in is not outside His creation or His care.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”
This is total crop failure — six losses listed one after another — followed by the strongest “yet” in the Bible.
Jeremiah 8:20
“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
One of the saddest sentences in Scripture. The Bible includes even this voice — the feeling that the window has closed — so that grieving people know God has heard that cry before.
Joel 2:25
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.”
God does not merely end bad seasons; He restores what they consumed. Years, not just days.
Psalm 126:5
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Seven words that connect the winter season directly to the harvest season. Tears sown are not tears wasted.
A short prayer: God of all comfort, this is my winter. The fig tree is not blossoming. Yet I will rejoice in Thee. Restore the years the locust hath eaten, and turn my sowing in tears into reaping in joy. Amen.
6. Harvest Bible Verses (KJV)
Harvest is the season the whole Bible leans toward — from Genesis to the Gospels. In Scripture, harvest means three things at once: God’s provision, the reward of patient faithfulness, and souls ready to be gathered. These KJV harvest verses cover all three, and they are especially fitting to read in the autumn months.
Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
God’s first promise after the flood. Every harvest since Noah has been this covenant keeping itself.
Galatians 6:9
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
“Due season” is the KJV’s quiet guarantee — the reaping has a scheduled date, even if you cannot see it on your calendar. The only way to miss it is to faint first.
Psalm 1:3
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
“His fruit in his season” — not in every season. A fruitless month does not mean a fruitless tree.
Psalm 126:6
“He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”
“Doubtless” — the KJV allows no uncertainty here. Sheaves are bundles of harvested grain; the weeping sower comes home carrying armloads.
Matthew 9:37-38
“Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.”
Jesus turns harvest into a prayer request. This is a fitting verse to pray over your church’s outreach every autumn.
John 4:35
“Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.”
The disciples thought harvest was months away; Jesus said it was standing in front of them. Some opportunities are riper than they look.
Jeremiah 5:24
“Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
“The appointed weeks of the harvest” — God reserves harvest time on His own calendar. In Israel the “former rain” fell at planting and the “latter rain” just before harvest; both were His gift.
Leviticus 26:4
“Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.”
Harvest in Scripture is always conditional on relationship — this promise follows “if ye walk in my statutes” (v. 3).
Psalm 65:11
“Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.”
A one-verse thanksgiving hymn. “Fatness” in the KJV means abundance — everywhere God walks, plenty falls from His steps.
A short prayer: Lord of the harvest, I thank Thee for every sheaf Thou hast brought into my arms. Keep me from growing weary in well doing, and send forth labourers into Thy harvest — beginning with me. Amen.
7. The Season of Full Age
Scripture honors the later seasons of life instead of hiding them. In the KJV, old age is described as harvest-ripeness — a shock of corn fully mature, still bearing fruit.
Psalm 92:13-14
“Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;”
The condition is in verse 13 — “planted in the house of the LORD.” Rooted believers do not stop bearing fruit; they change what fruit they bear.
Isaiah 46:4
“And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.”
“Hoar hairs” means grey hair. Four promises in one verse: I am, I will carry, I will bear, I will deliver — from cradle to grey head.
Proverbs 16:31
“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”
The world sees aging as decline; the KJV calls a righteous grey head a crown.
Job 5:26
“Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.”
A “shock of corn” is a stack of fully ripened grain gathered at harvest. Scripture’s picture of a completed life is not a candle burning out but a harvest brought in — in his season.
Psalm 90:12
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
Moses’ prayer, and a fitting final verse. Counting our seasons rightly is itself a doorway to wisdom.
A short prayer: Father, even to old age Thou art He. Let me still bring forth fruit in every remaining season, and teach me to number my days. Amen.
Which Season Are You In? A Short Self-Check
Seasons overlap, but one is usually loudest. Read these four questions slowly and see which one sounds like your life right now:
- Is something new opening in front of you — an opportunity, a calling, a fresh start? You may be in a season of beginnings. Anchor verse: Isaiah 43:19. Your task: step forward.
- Are you doing faithful, invisible work with nothing yet to show for it? You may be in a sowing or waiting season. Anchor verses: Ecclesiastes 11:6 and Habakkuk 2:3. Your task: keep sowing, and do not faint.
- Has loss, grief, or barrenness settled over your life? You are in a winter season. Anchor verses: Habakkuk 3:17-18 and Joel 2:25. Your task: rejoice in the Lord anyway, and let Him carry you toward restoration.
- Are prayers being answered and fruit finally appearing? You are in a harvest season. Anchor verse: Psalm 65:11. Your task: give thanks openly, and share the sheaves.
Whichever season you named, notice one thing — every anchor verse assumes the season ends. Seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter: the rotation itself is God’s promise (Genesis 8:22).
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Bible say about seasons of life?
The Bible teaches that God appoints a season and a purpose for everything (Ecclesiastes 3:1) and that He personally “changeth the times and the seasons” (Daniel 2:21). Scripture describes seasons of beginning, sowing, waiting, trial, harvest, and old age — and promises God’s presence in all of them (Isaiah 46:4).
What is the KJV verse “to every thing there is a season”?
It is Ecclesiastes 3:1 — “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” It opens a passage (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) listing fourteen paired times, including “a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance” (v. 4).
What does “due season” mean in the Bible?
“Due season” in the KJV (Galatians 6:9; Leviticus 26:4) means the appointed, proper time that God has already fixed for a result to arrive. It carries the idea that reaping is scheduled — delayed from our view, but never cancelled — so long as we “faint not.”
Which KJV Bible verses are about harvest?
Key KJV harvest verses include Genesis 8:22 (“seedtime and harvest… shall not cease”), Galatians 6:9 (“in due season we shall reap”), Psalm 126:5-6 (“they that sow in tears shall reap in joy”), Matthew 9:37-38 (“the harvest truly is plenteous”), and John 4:35 (“the fields… are white already to harvest”).
A Closing Word
Ecclesiastes 3 does not promise that every season will be easy — it promises that every season will be timed. The winter you are in has borders God Himself has set (Psalm 74:17). The harvest you are waiting for has “appointed weeks” reserved on His calendar (Jeremiah 5:24). And in every season between, His mercies are new every morning.
May you sow faithfully, wait patiently, weep honestly, and reap doubtless — bringing your sheaves with you.
