Ecclesiastes 3:5-7

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⁵ There is a time to throw stones away.
    There is a time to pick them up and use them.
There is a time to hug people.
    There is a time to turn away from people.
⁶ There is a time to look for things that you have lost.
    There is a time to accept that you have lost them.
There is a time to keep things.
    There is a time to throw things away.
⁷ There is a time to tear our clothes.
    There is a time to mend them.
There is a time to say nothing.
    There is a time to speak.