These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Ecclesiastes 11
Tanakh 10 verses
- 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters, For thou shalt find it after many days.
- 2 Divide a portion into seven, yea, even into eight; For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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If the clouds be full of rain, They empty themselves upon the earth; And if a tree fall in the south, or in the north, In the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
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He that observeth the wind shall not sow; And he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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- 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, Nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child; Even so thou knowest not the work of Who doeth all things.
- 6 In the morning sow thy seed, And in the evening withhold not thy hand; For thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both shall be alike good.
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And the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
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For if a man live many years, Let him rejoice in them all, And the days of darkness, For they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 6:6 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Jude 1:18 Ecclesiastes 7:14 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 6:11 Ecclesiastes 2:26 Job 14:10 Job 18:18 John 12:35 Jeremiah 13:16 Ecclesiastes 5:15-16 Matthew 22:13 Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 Ecclesiastes 2:19 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Job 10:22 Ecclesiastes 12:1-5 Ecclesiastes 4:16 Ecclesiastes 2:21-23 Deuteronomy 32:29 Job 15:23 Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 Joel 2:2 Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 Ecclesiastes 2:15 Ecclesiastes 2:17 -
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Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; And let thy cheer thee in the days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy , And in the sight of thine eyes; But thou, that for all these things will bring thee into judgment.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14 Ecclesiastes 3:17 Ecclesiastes 2:10 Romans 14:10 Job 31:7 Hebrews 9:27 Jeremiah 44:16-17 Genesis 3:6 Romans 2:5-11 1 Corinthians 4:5 Numbers 15:39 Joshua 7:21 Acts 14:16 Ecclesiastes 12:1 2 Samuel 11:2-4 2 Corinthians 5:10 Psalm 81:12 Numbers 15:30 Jeremiah 7:24 1 John 2:15-16 Acts 17:30-31 Acts 24:25 Jeremiah 23:17 1 Peter 4:3-4 Ephesians 2:2-3 2 Peter 3:7 Numbers 22:32 Revelation 20:12-15 Deuteronomy 29:19 Luke 15:12-13 1 Kings 22:15 Genesis 6:2 Lamentations 3:27 1 Kings 18:12 Psalm 50:4-6 Matthew 5:28 1 Kings 18:27 - 10 Therefore remove vexation from thy , And put away evil from thy ; For childhood and youth are vanity.