Eclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

1 Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses.

2 He sets the time for birth and the time for death,

the time for planting and the time for pulling up,

3 the time for killing and the time for healing,

the time for tearing down and the time for building.

4 He sets the time for sorrow and the time for joy,

the time for mourning and the time for dancing,

5 the time for making love and the time for not making love,

the time for kissing and the time for not kissing.

6 He sets the time for finding and the time for losing,

the time for saving and the time for throwing away,

7 the time for tearing and the time for mending,

the time for silence and the time for talk.

8 He sets the time for love and the time for hate,

the time for war and the time for peace.