Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 - Heartlight

¹Cast your bread upon the waters,

for after many days you will find it again.

²Divide your portion among seven, or even eight,

for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

³If the clouds are full,

they will pour out rain upon the earth;

whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,

in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

⁴He who watches the wind will fail to sow,

and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

⁵As you do not know the path of the wind,

or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb,

so you cannot understand the work of God,

the Maker of all things.

⁶Sow your seed in the morning,

and do not rest your hands in the evening,

for you do not know which will succeed,

whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

— Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

(BSB)

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