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         <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Invest in Life</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Send your bread on&#160;the&#160;surface of&#160;the&#160;water,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:1 </span><span class="ft">Dt 15:10; Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42; Gl 6:9&#8211;10; Heb 6:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.11.1"><span class="content">for after many&#160;days you&#160;may&#160;find&#160;it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ECC.11.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Give a portion to&#160;seven or&#160;even to&#160;eight,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:2 </span><span class="ft">Ps 112:9; Mt 5:42; Lk 6:30; 1Tm 6:18&#8211;19</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.11.2"><span class="content">for you don&#8217;t know what&#160;disaster may&#160;happen on&#160;earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ECC.11.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">If the clouds are full, they&#160;will&#160;pour&#160;out rain on&#160;the&#160;earth;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">whether a tree falls to&#160;the&#160;south or&#160;the&#160;north,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">the place where the&#160;tree&#160;falls, there&#160;it&#160;will&#160;lie.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ECC.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One who watches the&#160;wind will&#160;not&#160;sow,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.11.4"><span class="content">and the one who&#160;looks at&#160;the&#160;clouds will&#160;not&#160;reap.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ECC.11.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Just as you&#160;don&#8217;t&#160;know the&#160;path of&#160;the&#160;wind,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">or how bones develop in&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">know how the life-breath comes to the bones in</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#160;the&#160;womb of&#160;a&#160;pregnant&#160;woman,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">so also you don&#8217;t know the&#160;work of&#160;God who&#160;makes everything.&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:5 </span><span class="ft">Jb 10:10&#8211;11; Ps 139:14&#8211;16; Is 55:9; Jn 3:6&#8211;8; Rm 11:33</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ECC.11.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the morning sow your&#160;seed,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">and at evening do&#160;not&#160;let your&#160;hand&#160;rest,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">because you&#160;don&#8217;t&#160;know which&#160;will&#160;succeed,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">whether one or&#160;the&#160;other,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">or if both of&#160;them will&#160;be equally&#160;good.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ECC.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Light is&#160;sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.11.7"><span class="content">and it is pleasing for&#160;the&#160;eyes to&#160;see the&#160;sun.&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:7 </span><span class="ft">Ec 6:5; 7:11</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ECC.11.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Indeed, if someone lives many&#160;years,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">let him rejoice in&#160;them&#160;all,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">and let him remember the&#160;days of&#160;darkness,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:8 </span><span class="ft">Ec 12:1</span></span></span><span class="content"> since&#160;they will&#160;be&#160;many.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">All that comes is&#160;futile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ECC.11.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rejoice, young&#160;person, while&#160;you&#160;are&#160;young,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">and let your heart be&#160;glad in&#160;the&#160;days of&#160;your&#160;youth.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">And walk in&#160;the&#160;ways of&#160;your&#160;heart</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">and in&#160;the&#160;desire of&#160;your&#160;eyes;&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:9 </span><span class="ft">Ec 2:24; 3:12&#8211;13,22; 5:18; 8:15; 9:7&#8211;9</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">but know that for&#160;all of&#160;these&#160;things God&#160;will&#160;bring you to&#160;judgment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ECC.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Remove sorrow from&#160;your&#160;heart,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.11.10"><span class="content">and put away pain from&#160;your&#160;flesh,&#160; </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">11:10 </span><span class="ft">2Co 7:1; 2Tm 2:22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ECC.11.10"><span class="content">because youth and&#160;the&#160;prime of&#160;life are&#160;fleeting.</span></span></div>
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Send your bread on the surface of the water, 
for after many days you may find it.
Give a portion to seven or even to eight, 
for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain on the earth;
whether a tree falls to the south or the north,
the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
One who watches the wind will not sow,
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.
Just as you don’t know the path of the wind,
or how bones develop in   the womb of a pregnant woman,
so also you don’t know the work of God who makes everything. 
In the morning sow your seed,
and at evening do not let your hand rest,
because you don’t know which will succeed,
whether one or the other,
or if both of them will be equally good.
Light is sweet,
and it is pleasing for the eyes to see the sun. 
Indeed, if someone lives many years,
let him rejoice in them all,
and let him remember the days of darkness,  since they will be many.
All that comes is futile.
Rejoice, young person, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the desire of your eyes; 
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.
Remove sorrow from your heart,
and put away pain from your flesh, 
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

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