Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to tear and a time to mend,
What it says
There is a time to tear and to mend, to be silent and to speak.
What it is doing
This verse highlights fitting responses in different moments.
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,