Ecclesiastes 3:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵ There is a time to throw weapons down
    and a time to pick them up.^[a]
There is a time to hug someone
    and a time to stop holding so tightly.
⁶ There is a time to look for something
    and a time to consider it lost.
There is a time to keep things
    and a time to throw things away.
⁷ There is a time to tear cloth
    and a time to sew it.
There is a time to be silent
    and a time to speak.