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  • The Uncertainties of Life

    Send your grain across the seas,
    and in time, profits will flow back to you.a
  • The Value of Diligence

    Cast your bread upon the waters,
    For you will find it after many days.
  • But divide your investments among many places,b
    for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
  • Give a serving to seven, and also to eight,
    For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
  • When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.
    Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
  • 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.
  • Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
    If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
  • He who observes the wind will not sow,
    And he who regards the clouds will not reap.
  • Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,c so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
  • 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.
  • Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another — or maybe both.
  • 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.

  • Advice for Young and Old

    Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning.
  • Truly the light is sweet,
    And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun;
  • When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
  • 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.
  • Young people,d it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.
  • 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.
  • So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.
  • Therefore remove [d]sorrow from your heart,
    And put away evil from your flesh,
    For childhood and [e]youth are vanity.

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