Cast Your Bread upon the Water
Ecclesiastes 11, verse 1. Cast your bread upon the face of the water, For you will find it after many days. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 2. Give a portion to seven and also to eight, For you do not know what evil there will be on the earth. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 3. If the clouds are full of rain, they pour it out upon the earth, And if a tree falls to the south or to the north, In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 4. He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who sees the clouds will not reap. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 5. As you do not know the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her Who is with child, So you do not know the works of God, Even all things whatever He will do. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 6. 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. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 7. The light is sweet, And it is good for the eyes To behold the sun. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 8. For if a man lives many years And rejoices in them all, Yet let him remember the days of darkness, For they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
Follow God in Your Youth
Ecclesiastes 11, verse 9. Be glad, 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 in the sight of your eyes; But know for all this That God will bring you into judgment. Ecclesiastes 11, verse 10. Therefore remove anger from your heart And pass by evil with your flesh, For youth and lack of understanding are vanity.