Ecclesiastes 3:1-10

1There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:

2a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot;

3a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;

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

5a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

6a time to search and a time to count as lost; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

7a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be 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 does the worker gain from his struggles?

10I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied.