Books of Poetry, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets Bible Reading Plan
June 8
Ecclesiastes 11
Chapter 11
Cast Your Bread on the Waters
1 Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after
many days.
2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what
misfortune may occur on the earth.
3 If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree
falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it
lies.
4 He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not
reap.
5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed
in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God
who makes all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you
do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both
of them alike will be good.
7 The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and
let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that
is to come will be futility.
9 Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during
the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires
of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.
10 So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your
body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.
"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)
