Ecclesiastes 11

1Send your bread out on the face of the waters, for after many days you will find it. 2Give a portion to seven, and to eight as well, for you do not know what evil will come upon the earth. 3If the clouds fill with rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, wherever the tree falls, there it will lie. 4Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. 5As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in a full womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything. 6In the morning sow your seed, and until evening do not let your hand rest; for you do not know which will succeed, this or that, or whether both alike will be good. 7Sweet is the light, and good for the eyes to see the sun. 8For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all — and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is a breath.

Rejoice, young man, and remember

9Rejoice, young man, in your boyhood, and let your heart do you good in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes — and know that for all these God will bring you into judgment. 10Remove vexation from your heart and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are a breath.