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Ecclesiastes 11: Cast Your Bread on the Waters

Ecclesiastes 11 teaches generosity and diligence when the future is unknown. Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight. He who observes the wind won't sow. You don't know the work of God who does all. In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand. Truly the light is sweet. Rejoice, young man, in your youth, but know that God will bring you into judgment.

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  1. 1 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 Rejoice, 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 that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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Sow Your Seed

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Bible Verse

“In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.”

Ecclesiastes 11:6 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

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Read the verse aloud. Say: A farmer plants seeds in the morning and in the evening. He trusts God to make them grow. We can share and work hard and trust God too!

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