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.


                                                 Ecclesiastes 3