Ecclesiastes 3:4-6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴ There is a time to cry
    and a time to laugh.
There is a time to be sad
    and a time to dance with joy.
⁵ There is a time to throw weapons down
    and a time to pick them up.^[a]
There is a time to hug someone
    and a time to stop holding so tightly.
⁶ There is a time to look for something
    and a time to consider it lost.
There is a time to keep things
    and a time to throw things away.