1 For everything there is a season. There is a time for every purpose under the sun.

2 There is a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what 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 throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 a time to get and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away.

7 There is a time to tear and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak.

8 There is also a time to love and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.