^{1 Ref} To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:

^{2 Ref} A time to bring forth, And a time to die. A time to plant, And a time to eradicate the planted.

^{3 Ref} A time to slay, 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 skip.

^{5 Ref} A time to cast away stones, And a time to heap up stones. A time to embrace, And a time to be far from embracing.

^{6 Ref} A time to seek, And a time to destroy. A time to keep, And a time to cast away.

^{7 Ref} A time to rend, And a time to sew. A time to be silent, And a time to speak.

^{8 Ref} A time to love, And a time to hate. A time of war, And a time of peace.

^{9 Ref} What advantage hath the doer in that which he is labouring at?

^{10 Ref} I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of man to be humbled by it.

^{11 Ref} The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.