Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Easy-to-Read Version

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 with joy.
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.
⁸ There is a time to love
    and a time to hate.
There is a time for war
    and a time for peace.