Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 3:5
A church father on this verse
“"A moment for embracing and a moment for avoiding an embrace." These ideas cannot possibly become clear to us unless the passage has first been interpreted through the Scripture, so that it has become clear to us in what connection the divinely inspired word consciously uses the word embrace. Great David exhorts us in…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
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In context
3A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to pull down, and a time to build up;
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to lament, and a time to dance;
— Ecclesiastes 3:5 —
6A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7A time to rend, and a time to sew; A time to be silent, and a time to speak;