Ecclesiastes 11
The Teacher encourages bold, generous living. Cast your bread upon the waters and it will return. Sow seed in the morning and evening since you don't know which will prosper. Rejoice in your youth but know that God will judge.
EcclesiastesChapter 11 of 1210 versesBerean Standard Bible
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Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
If 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.
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
As 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.
Sow 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.
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.
So banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Ecclesiastes 11
Ecclesiastes 11:1Proverbs 19:17
“Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.”
Ecclesiastes 11:62 Corinthians 9:10
“Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.”
“For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,”
Ecclesiastes 11:9Ecclesiastes 12:14
“For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.”
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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