A Time for Everything

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven;

A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace;


From Ecclesiastes, The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.