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  • The Value of Diligence

    Cast your bread upon the waters,
    For you will find it after many days.
  • Cast Your Bread upon the Waters

    Cast your bread upon the waters,
    for you will find it after many days.
  • Give a serving to seven, and also to eight,
    For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
  • Give a portion to seven, or even to eight,
    for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
  • If the clouds are full of rain,
    They empty themselves upon the earth;
    And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
    In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.
  • 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.
  • He who observes the wind will not sow,
    And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
  • He who observes the wind will not sow,
    and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
  • As you do not know what is the way of the [a]wind,
    Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child,
    So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
  • As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womba of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
  • In the morning sow your seed,
    And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
    For you do not know which will prosper,
    Either this or that,
    Or whether both alike will be good.
  • 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.
  • Truly the light is sweet,
    And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun;
  • Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
  • But if a man lives many years
    And rejoices in them all,
    Yet let him remember the days of darkness,
    For they will be many.
    All that is coming is vanity.
  • So if a person 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.b
  • Seek God in Early Life

    Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,
    And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth;
    Walk in the [b]ways of your heart,
    And [c]in the sight of your eyes;
    But know that for all these
    God will bring you into judgment.
  • 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.
  • Therefore remove [d]sorrow from your heart,
    And put away evil from your flesh,
    For childhood and [e]youth are vanity.
  • Remove vexation from your heart, and put away painc from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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