Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Ecclesiastes 2
²³ For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.
²⁴ Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God.
²⁵ For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
²⁶ For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
Ecclesiastes 3
¹ To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:
² A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
³ A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up;
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; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
⁶ A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away;
⁷ A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;