Ecclesiastes 3:1-13

[1]   For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under
heaven:   
[2]   a time to be born, and a time to die;   
    a time to plant, and a time to pluck 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 seek, and a time to lose;   
    a time to keep, and a time to throw 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.

[9]What gain have the workers from their toil? [10]I have seen the business that God has given to everyone to be busy with. [11]He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. [12]I know that there is nothing better for them than to be happy and enjoy themselves as long as they live; [13]moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.