For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though man’s troubles are heavy on him.

a time to give birth 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 throw stones and a time to gather stones;
a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing;

a time to search and a time to count as lost;
a time to keep and a time to throw away;

a time to tear and a time to sew;
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.

For man certainly does not know his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

I observed all the work of God and concluded that man is unable to discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors hard to explore it, he cannot find it; even if the wise man claims to know it, he is unable to discover it.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,
and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,
for a bird of the sky may carry the message,
and a winged creature may report the matter.