Ecclesiastes 3:1-9 - God Has Ordained The Ebb And Flow Of Human Activities

¹ To all a season, and a time to every inclination under the heavens: ² A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up the planting ³ A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build: ⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance: ⁵ A time to cast away stones, and a time to collect stones a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embracing: ⁶ A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to watch, and a time to cast away ⁷ A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak: ⁸ A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace:

⁹ What the excellence of him working in what he labored?