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There is a time to kill
    and a time to heal.
There is a time to destroy
    and a time to build.
There is a time to cry
    and a time to laugh.
There is a time to be sad
    and a time to dance with joy.
There is a time to throw weapons down
    and a time to pick them up.[a]
There is a time to hug someone
    and a time to stop holding so tightly.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:5 Literally, “There is a time to throw stones away and a time to gather stones.”

    a time to kill(A) 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 scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

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