There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:
a time for giving birth, a time for dying;
a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted.
a time for killing, a time for healing;
a time for knocking down, a time for building.
a time for tears, a time for laughter;
a time for mourning, a time for dancing.
a time for throwing stones away, a time for gathering them;
a time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing.
a time for searching, a time for losing;
a time for keeping, a time for discarding.
a time for tearing, a time for sewing;
a time for keeping silent, a time for speaking.
a time for loving, a time for hating;
a time for war, a time for peace. (Ecclesiastes 3)
