Ecclesiastes 3:1–14

1  To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens: 2  A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3  A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; 4  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5  A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6  A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7  A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8  A time to love, and a time to hate; A time of war, and a time of peace. 9  What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth? 10  I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

11  He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth. 12  I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life; 13  yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14  I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.