萬事都有定期，天下萬務都有定時，生有時，死有時；栽種有時，拔出所種的也有時；殺戮有時，醫治有時；拆毀有時，建造有時；哭有時，笑有時；哀慟有時，踴 躍有時；拋擲石頭有時，堆聚石頭有時；擁抱有時，避免擁抱有時；尋找有時，捨棄有時；保存有時，拋棄有時；撕裂有時，縫補有時；靜默有時，講話有時；愛有 時，恨有時；戰爭有時，和平有時。
傳道書 3:1-8
For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8