Ecclesiastes 3:2
a time to be born and a time to die,
What it says
There is a time to be born and to die, to plant and to uproot.
What it is doing
This verse begins the sequence of life's appointed opposites.
In context
1To everything there is a season, 2a time to be born and a time to die, 3a time to kill and a time to heal, 4a time to weep and a time to laugh, 5a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, 6a time to search and a time to count as lost, 7a time to tear and a time to mend, 8a time to love and a time to hate,