A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 11:2
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3
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.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.