Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

International Children’s Bible

3 There is a right time for everything.
Everything on earth has its special season.
² There is a time to be born
    and a time to die.
There is a time to plant
    and a time to pull up plants.
³ There is a time to kill
    and a time to heal.
There is a time to destroy
    and a time to build.
⁴ There is a time to cry
    and a time to laugh.
There is a time to be sad
    and a time to dance.
⁵ There is a time to throw away stones
    and a time to gather them.
There is a time to hug
    and a time not to hug.
⁶ There is a time to look for something
    and a time to stop looking for it.
There is a time to keep things
    and a time to throw things away.
⁷ There is a time to tear apart
    and a time to sew together.
There is a time to be silent
    and a time to speak.
⁸ There is a time to love
    and a time to hate.
There is a time for war
    and a time for peace.