Bible verse
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
Ecclesiastes 3:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 3.
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
4 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 search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
7 a time to tear and a time to mend, 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 from his toil?
10 I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
KJV
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
ASV
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
ERV
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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