Quotes about Balance
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,
— Ecclesiastes 3:3
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
— Ecclesiastes 3:5
a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
— Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
— Ecclesiastes 3:7
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
— Ecclesiastes 3:8
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 4:6
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
— Ecclesiastes 7:14
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
— Ecclesiastes 7:16
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
— Ecclesiastes 7:18
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 8:14
As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
— Ecclesiastes 10:1
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
— Isaiah 45:7