Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to search and a time to count as lost,
What it says
There is a time to search and to count as lost, to keep and to discard.
What it is doing
This verse portrays shifting seasons of possession and loss.
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,