^{1 Ref} For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:

^{2 Ref} a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

^{3 Ref} a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

^{4 Ref} a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

^{5 Ref} a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

^{6 Ref} a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

^{7 Ref} a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

^{8 Ref} a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

^{9 Ref} What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboreth?