A TIME FOR EVERYTHING Eccl. 3:1-8
A time to give birth, and a time to die. Job 14:1-2; James 4:14; Heb. 9:27
A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted. Gen. 8:22
A time to kill, and a time to heal. Capital punishment and war time. Deut. 21:18-21; Lev. 20:1-2 & 13; Gen. 9:6; Rom. 13:1-5. David has the murderers of Sauls son Ish-bosheth executed. 2 Sam. 4:1-12. A time to heal – post war healing etc., loss of loved ones.
A time to break down, and a time to build up. Hos. 6:1-2; Jer. 1:10; Isa. 5:1-7; Jer. 18:1-8
A time to weep, and a time to laugh. Rom. 12:15; 1 Thess. 4:13; Psm. 126:1-6, 137:1-9.
A time to mourn and a time to dance. James 4:6-10; Ex. 15:19-20 (COMMENT)
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones. NOTE: Times of peace –cleared for cultivation in war gathered and thrown from mountain upon fields to make them unusable. 2 Kings 3:19, 24-25
A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing. 1 Cor. 7:2-5
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost. Luke 15: 3-10, 19:10
A time to keep and a time to throw away. Accumulate and discard --- COMMENT
A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together. 2 Samuel 13: NOTE: Jacob and Essau, God and Israel
A time to be silent, and a time to speak. Amos 5:13, family, church Matt. 18:15-17 (Elders, preachers) Society
A time to love, and a time to hate. Amos 5:15; Psm. 119:97, 104; Proverbs 13:5, 6:16-19; Matt. 22: 36-40; John 13:34-35
A time for war, and a time for peace. Eph. 6:10-12; Eph.2:13-18; Rom. 14:19 COMMENT