God Has Ordained the Ebb and Flow of Human Activities

3 For everything there is an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:

• 2 a time to bear[fn] and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to root up what is planted;
• 3 a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up;
• 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;
• 5 a time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
• 6 a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away;
• 7 a time to tear 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 for war and a time for peace.

9 What does the worker gain in his toil?