Ecclesiastes11

Ecclesiastes 11 encourages diligent action and generous giving despite life's uncertainties, for one cannot know what the future holds. It advises enjoying the present light and youth, yet with the sober understanding that days of darkness will come and God will bring all into judgment. Therefore, one should remove sorrow and evil, recognizing the fleeting nature of childhood and youth.

Generosity and Investing Wisely

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Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.
2
Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
3
If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.

Procrastination Hinders Progress

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He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
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As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.

Diligent Work and Trusting Providence

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In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.

Enjoying Life's Simple Pleasures

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Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
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Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.

Youthful Joy and Divine Judgment

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Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.

Vanity of Youth

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Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehood and youth are vanitie.
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