Ecclesiastes 11
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1[an error occurred while processing this directive]1Spread your bread on the water— after a while you will find it.
2[an error occurred while processing this directive]2Apportion what you have into seven, or even eight parts, because you don't know what disaster might befall the land.
3[an error occurred while processing this directive]3If the clouds are full of rain, they will pour out on the earth; if a tree falls toward the south or the north, wherever it falls, there it will lay.
4[an error occurred while processing this directive]4Whoever keeps staring at the wind won't sow; whoever daydreams won't reap.
5[an error occurred while processing this directive]5Just as you do not understand the way of the spirit in the womb of a pregnant mother, so also you do not know what God is doing in everything he makes.
6[an error occurred while processing this directive]6Sow your seed in the morning, and don't stop working until evening, since you don't know which of your endeavors will do well, whether this one or that, or even if both will do equally well.
7[an error occurred while processing this directive]7How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine!
8[an error occurred while processing this directive]8Even if a person lives many years, let him enjoy them all, recalling that there will be many days of darkness to come—all of which are pointless.
9[an error occurred while processing this directive]9So enjoy yourself in your youth, young man, and be encouraged during your younger days. Live as you like, consistent with your world view, but keep in mind that God will bring you to account for everything.
10[an error occurred while processing this directive]10Banish sorrow from your heart, and evil from your body, since both childhood and the prime of life are pointless.
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Ecclesiastes 10
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