EcclesiastesChapter 11
1. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many
days.
2. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not
what evil shall be upon the earth.
3. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the
earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in
the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth
the clouds shall not reap.
5. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the
bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou
knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
6. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not
thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or
that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
7. Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes
to behold the sun: 8. But if a man live many years, and rejoice in
them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be
many. All that cometh is vanity.
9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee
in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in
the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God
will bring thee into judgment.
10. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from
thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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