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If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a treefalls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the treefalls, there it lies.
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Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnantwoman, so you do not know the activity of Godwhomakesallthings.
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Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle* in the evening, for you do not knowwhethermorningor evening sowing will succeed, or whetherboth of them alike will be good.
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Indeed, if a man should livemanyyears, 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.
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Rejoice, youngman, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of youngmanhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for allthesethings.