[1] Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days.
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[2] Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth.
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[3] If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.
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[4] He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
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[5] As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all.
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[6] In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. ¶
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[7] Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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[8] But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. ¶
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[9] Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
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[10] Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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