Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NIV)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
- a time to be born and a time to die,
- a time to plant and a time to uproot,
- a time to kill and a time to heal,
- a time to tear down and a time to build,
- a time to weep and a time to laugh,
- a time to mourn and a time to dance,
- a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
- a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
- a time to search and a time to give up,
- a time to keep and a time to throw away,
- a time to tear and a time to mend,
- a time to be silent and a time to speak,
- a time to love and a time to hate,
- a time for war and a time for peace.
Proverbs 16:4 (NIV) The LORD works out everything for his own ends-- even the wicked for a day of disaster.