a time to tear,
and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ecclesiastes 3:7 in context
Ecclesiastes 3:4–10
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a time to weep,
and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn,
and a time to dance;
5
a time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
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 cast away;
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a time to tear,
and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
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 profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
10
I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
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