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| 11:1 |
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
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| 11:2 |
Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what evil may happen on earth.
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| 11:3 |
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
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| 11:4 |
He who observes the wind will not sow;and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
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| 11:5 |
As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
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| 11:6 |
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand;for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
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| 11:7 |
Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun.
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| 11:8 |
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all;but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.
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| 11:9 |
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
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| 11:10 |
Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body;for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
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