Ecclesiastes 11 · קהלת

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Give a portion to seven, and even to eight; for thou knowst not what evil shall be upon the earth.

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree falls towards the south, or towards the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

He who observes the wind shall not sow; and he who regards the clouds shall not reap.

As thou knowst not what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowst not the works of God who makes all.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening do not withhold thy hand: for thou knowst not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

for if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

Therefore remove vexation from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.