Eclesiastes 3

There is a right time for everything

1 There is a right/correct time for everything,

a time for everything that we do in this world.

2 There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die.

There is a time to plant seeds, and there is a time to harvest crops.

3 There is a time to kill people, and there is a time to heal people.

There is a time to tear things down, and there is a time to build things.

4 There is a time to cry, and there is a time to laugh.

There is a time to mourn, and there is a time to dance joyfully.

5 There is a time to throw away stones from a field, and there is a time to gather stones to build walls/houses.

There is a time to embrace people, and there is a time to not embrace people.

6 There is a time to search for things, and there is a time to stop searching for things.

There is a time to keep/save things, and there is a time to throw things away.

7 There is a time to tear our old clothes, and there is a time to mend clothes.

There is a time to say nothing, and there is a time when we should speak.

8 There is a time when we should love things that people do, and there is a time when we should hate things that people do.

There is a time for war, and there is a time for peace.