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Ecclesiastes 11:1 (BSB)
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 (BSB)
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
Ecclesiastes 11:3 (BSB)
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 (BSB)
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:5 (BSB)
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 (BSB)
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
Ecclesiastes 11:8 (BSB)
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Ecclesiastes 11:9 (BSB)
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Ecclesiastes 11:10 (BSB)
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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