A Time for Everything

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NIV


1 There is a time for everything, and
1 a season for every activity under heaven:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,
2 time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
3 a time to tear down and a time to build,

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

5 a time to scatter stones and a time
5 to gather them, a time to embrace and
5 a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
6 a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
7 a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
8 a time for war and a time for peace.