Ecclesiastes 3:1–13

To every thing there is a season, and ^aa time to every ^bpurpose under the heaven:

²A time to be born, and a time to ^cdie;

A time to plant, and a time to ^dpluck up that which is planted;

³A time to kill, and a time to heal;

A time to break down, and a time to build up;

⁴A time to weep, and a time ^eto laugh;

A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁵A time ^fto cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

A time to embrace, and a time ^gto refrain from embracing;

⁶A time to get, and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

⁷A time to ^hrent, and a time to sew;

A time ⁱto keep silence, and a time to speak;

⁸A time to love, and a time to hate;

A time of war, and a time of peace.

^9jWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

¹⁰I have seen the ^ktravail, which ^lGod hath given to the sons of men ^kto be exercised in it. ¹¹He hath made every thing ^mbeautiful ⁿin his time: also he hath ^oset the world in their heart, so that ^pno man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. ¹²I know ^qthat there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and ^rto do good in his life. ¹³And also ^sthat every man should eat and drink, and ^tenjoy the good of all his labour, ^uit is the gift of God.