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Ecclesiastes 11
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What a Wise Person Does

11Invest your money in foreign trade, and one of these days you will make a profit.H7971H3899H6440H4325H4672H7230H3117 2Put your investments in several places - many places even - because you never know what kind of bad luck you are going to have in this world.H5414H2506H7651H8083H3045H7451H776 3No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains.H5645H4390H1653H7324H776H6086H5307H1864H6828H4725H6086H5307H1933 4If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything.H8104H7307H2232H7200H5645H7114 5God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman.H3045H1870H7307H6106H990H4392H3045H4639H430H6213 6Do your planting in the morning and in the evening, too. You never know whether it will all grow well or whether one planting will do better than the other.H1242H2232H2233H6153H3240H3027H3045H335H3787H8147H259H2896 7It is good to be able to enjoy the pleasant light of day.H216H4966H2896H5869H7200H8121 8Be grateful for every year you live. No matter how long you live, remember that you will be dead much longer. There is nothing at all to look forward to.H120H2421H7235H8141H8055H2142H3117H2822H7235H935H1892

Advice to Young People

9Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.H8055H970H3208H3820H2895H3117H979H1980H1870H3820H4758H5869H3045H430H935H4941 10Don't let anything worry you or cause you pain. You aren't going to be young very long.H5493H3708H3820H5674H7451H1320H3208H7839H1892


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