A time to cast away stones, and a time to heap up stones, - A time to embrace, and a time to be far from loving embrace;

A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost, - A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice, - for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.

Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters, - for, after many days, shalt thou find it: