a time to tear and a time to mend, 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、

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 apart and a time to sew together; 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 the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.

As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips.

he sent back this answer:“ Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape.For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

Let him sit alone in silence, for the Lord has laid it on him.

She fell at his feet and said:“ Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name— his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.“ Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live.Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel,my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”David said to Abigail,“ Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said,“ Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and 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,“ Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail,“ David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”She bowed down with her face to the ground and said,“ I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife.David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.”

Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.If you say,“ But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job because they were older than he.But when he saw that the three men had nothing more to say, his anger was aroused.So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:“ I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring to tell you what I know.I thought,‘ Age should speak; advanced years should teach wisdom.’But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.It is not only the old who are wise, not only the aged who understand what is right.“ Therefore I say: Listen to me; I too will tell you what I know.I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,I gave you my full attention. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; none of you has answered his arguments.Do not say,‘ We have found wisdom; let God, not a man, refute him.’But Job has not marshaled his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.“ They are dismayed and have no more to say; words have failed them.Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand there with no reply?I too will have my say; I too will tell what I know.For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me;inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst.I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and reply.I will show no partiality, nor will I flatter anyone;for if I were skilled in flattery, my Maker would soon take me away.

When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.”

Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him,“ Let not the king do wrong to his servant David; he has not wronged you, and what he has done has benefited you greatly.He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?”

Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them.

Then Judah went up to him and said:“ Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.

Why are we sitting here? Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and they saw that, under his robes, he had sackcloth on his body.

So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased;

As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said,“ Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!”

But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded,“ Do not answer him.”

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.

Then David said to Joab and all the people with him,“ Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier.

Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.

The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear, nor did they tear their clothes.

When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:“ Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”“ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus,“ Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”“ I tell you,” he replied,“ if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

“ In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,“ the songs in the temple will turn to wailing. Many, many bodies— flung everywhere! Silence!”

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.