A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak.

撕裂有时，缝补有时；静默有时，言语有时；

撕裂有时，缝补有时；沉默有时，说话有时；

撕裂有时，缝补有时；沉默有时，说话有时；

撕裂有时，缝合有时；沉默有时，发言有时；

撕裂有时，缝补有时；静默有时，讲话有时；

撕裂有时，缝合有时；静默有时，说话有时；

撕裂有時，縫補有時；靜默有時，言語有時；

撕裂有時，縫補有時；沉默有時，說話有時；

撕裂有時，縫補有時；沉默有時，說話有時；

撕裂有時，縫合有時；沉默有時，發言有時；

撕裂有時，縫補有時；靜默有時，講話有時；

撕裂有時，縫補有時；靜默有時，說話有時；

撕裂有時，縫合有時；靜默有時，說話有時；

裂有其時、縫有其時、默有其時、言有其時、

有時可分裂、有時可彌縫、有時可默、有時可言、

裂有時、補有時、默有時、言有時、

a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,

There is a time to tear. And there’s a time to mend. There is a time to be silent. And there’s a time to speak.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak.

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

a time to tear and a time to sew; a time to be silent and a time to speak;

A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.

a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps quiet, because it is an evil time.

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Do not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a close friend. Guard your lips From her who lies in your arms.

Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther,“ Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the other Jews.For if you keep silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

Let him sit alone and keep quiet, Since He has laid it on him.

She fell at his feet and said,“ On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your slave speak to you, and listen to the words of your slave.Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and stupidity is with him; but I your slave did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.“ Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal.And now let this gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord.Please forgive the offense of your slave; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil will not be found in you all your days.Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.And when the Lord does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,this will not become an obstacle to you, or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”Then David said to Abigail,“ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, there certainly would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one male.”So David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her,“ Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and granted your request.”Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became like a stone.About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said,“ Blessed be the Lord, who has pleaded the cause of the shame inflicted on me by the hand of Nabal, and has kept back His servant from evil. The Lord has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying,“ David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”And she got up and bowed with her face to the ground, and said,“ Behold, your slave is a servant to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”Then Abigail got up quickly, and rode on a donkey, with her five female attendants who accompanied her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

Open your mouth for the people who cannot speak, For the rights of all the unfortunate.Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy.

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed, and eliminated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have kept silent, because the distress would not be sufficient reason to burden the king.”

Rescue those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!If you say,“ See, we did not know this,” Does He who weighs the hearts not consider it? And does He who watches over your soul not know it? And will He not repay a person according to his work?

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his anger burned.So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,“ I am young in years and you are old; Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.I thought age should speak, And increased years should teach wisdom.But it is a spirit that is in mankind, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice.So I say,‘ Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.’“ Behold, I waited for your words, I listened to your skillful speech, While you pondered what to say.I also paid close attention to you; But indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words.So do not say,‘ We have found wisdom: God will defeat him, not man.’But he has not presented his words against me, Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.“ They are dismayed, they no longer answer; Words have failed them.Should I wait, because they are not speaking, Because they have stopped and no longer answer?I too will give my share of answers; I also will tell my opinion.For I am full of words; The spirit within me compels me.Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; Like new wineskins, it is about to burst.Let me speak so that I may get relief; Let me open my lips and answer.Let me be partial to no one, Nor flatter any man.For I do not know how to flatter, Otherwise my Maker would quickly take me away.

Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.

For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would overtake my father.”

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him,“ May the king not sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you.For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.

Then Judah approached him and said,“ Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

Why are we sitting still? Assemble yourselves, and let’s go into the fortified cities And perish there, For the Lord our God has doomed us And given us poisoned water to drink, Because we have sinned against the Lord.

So Jacob tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes— and he was passing by on the wall— and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.

I was mute and silent, I refused to say even something good, And my pain was stirred up.

But when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said,“ Am I God, to kill and to keep alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.”

But they were silent and did not answer him so much as a word; for the king’s command was,“ Do not answer him.”

Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him,“ Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.

And tear your heart and not merely your garments.” Now return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in mercy And relenting of catastrophe.

Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words did not tremble in fear, nor did they tear their garments.

And as soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,shouting:“ Blessed is the King, the One who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”And yet some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him,“ Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”Jesus replied,“ I tell you, if these stop speaking, the stones will cry out!”

So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the room upstairs; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God.“ The corpses will be many; in every place they will throw them out. Hush!”

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.