A Time for Everything

To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace.


Whatever is has already been,
and what will be has been before;
and God will call the past to account.

That which hath been is now;
and that which is to be hath already been;
and God requireth that which is past.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,
that wickedness was there;
and the place of righteousness,
that iniquity was there.

I thought in my heart,
"God will bring to judgment
both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
a time for every deed."

(Ecclesiastes 3)