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Ecclesiastes 3:3

Verse 3 of 22. The 3rd of 12 chapters in Ecclesiastes, in Poetry and Wisdom.

1For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

2a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Read Ecclesiastes 3

World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.