“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”
Ecclesiastes 11:2 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 11:2
From Ecclesiastes 11, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.