Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast your bread on the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 Give a share to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
3 When the clouds are full, they pour rain on the earth. And if a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will remain.
4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
5 Just as you do not know the way of the breath, or how bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not let your hand rest. For you do not know which will succeed, this or that, or whether both will be equally good.
7 Light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 If anyone lives many years, let them rejoice in them all. But remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that is coming is a breath.
9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart bring you joy in the days of your young adulthood. Walk in the ways of your heart and in what your eyes see. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10 Put sorrow away from your heart, and keep evil from your body, for youth and the prime of life are a breath.
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