1 For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven: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 tear, 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 for war, and a time for peace.