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 up;
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 throwing away.
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 3:1-8