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Ecclesiastes 11:2

“Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.”

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¹Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.

²Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.

³If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

⁴He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

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