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- Cast thy bread upon the waters;
for thou shalt find it after many days.
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- Give a portion to seven, and also to eight;
for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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- If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth;
and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
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- He that observeth the wind will not sow;
and he that regardeth the clouds will not reap.
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- As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones [grow] in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who maketh all.
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- In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand;
for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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- Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
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- 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 cometh is vanity.
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- Rejoice, young man, in thy youth;
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment.
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- Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh;
for childhood and youth are vanity.
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