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Ecclesiastes 11

Cast Your Bread on the Waters

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 aCast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you  awill find it  1after many days.

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 aDivide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what  bmisfortune may occur on the earth.

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If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it  1lies.

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He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

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Just as you do not  aknow  1the path of the wind and  bhow bones are formed in the womb of the  2pregnant woman, so you do not  cknow the activity of God who makes all things.

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Sow your seed  ain the morning and do not  1be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether  2morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

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The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to  asee the sun.

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Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him  arejoice in them all, and let him remember the  bdays of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

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Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the  1impulses of your heart and the  2 adesires of your eyes. Yet know that  bGod will bring you to judgment for all these things.

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So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away  1 apain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.



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