Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

    There is a time for everything,

       and a season for every activity under heaven:

    a time to be born and a time to die,

       a time to plant and a time to uproot,

    a time to kill and a time to heal,

       a time to tear down and a time to build,

    a time to weep and a time to laugh,

       a time to mourn and a time to dance,

    a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

       a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

    a time to search and a time to give up,

       a time to keep and a time to throw away,

    a time to tear and a time to mend,

       a time to be silent and a time to speak,

    a time to love and a time to hate,

       a time for war and a time for peace.