Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 ▼

1 TO everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the sun:

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 tear 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 lose and a time to seek; a time to tie up and a time to untie;

7 A time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silent and a time to speak;

8 A time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.

9 What profit has the worker in his labor?

10 I have seen the toil which the LORD has given to the sons of men to be engaged therewith.

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time; also he has made the world dear to man's heart, so that no man can find out the works which the LORD has done from the beginning to the end.

12 I know that there is no good in worldly things, but for men to rejoice and to do good in their lives.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor; it is the gift of the LORD.