Ecclesiastes 3:1-10

¹For every thing there is a fixed period, and an appointed time to every thing under heaven:—

²A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.

³A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to breaking down, and a time to build up.

⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.

⁵A time to cast stones asunder, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.

⁶A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.

⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

⁸A time to love, and a time to hate. A time of war, and a time of peace.—

⁹What profit hath he who laboreth from that with which he wearieth himself?

¹⁰I have seen the business which God hath given to the sons of men to exercise themselves therewith.