Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

1There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—

2A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.

3A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.

4A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.

5A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.

6A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

7A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to keep silent and a time to speak.

8A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.

9What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors?

10I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

11He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.