oremus Bible Browser : Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (2024)

3For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:²a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what 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 to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;⁵a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;⁶a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;⁷a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;⁸a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.