Ecclesiastes 3:1-6

¹Everything has its own time—a time for all that happens here:

²A time of birth, and a time of death. A time of planting, and a time of harvest.

³A time of killing, and a time of healing. A time of tearing down, and a time of building up.

⁴A time of crying, and a time of laughing. A time of mourning, and a time of dancing.

⁵A time of throwing away stones, and a time of gathering up stones. A time of embracing, and a time of avoiding embracing.

⁶A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.