(KJV) Ecclesiastes 11¹

⥃Cast Your Bread upon the Waters

[1] Cast² thy bread³ upon the waters⁴: for⁵ thou shalt find it after many days.⁶⁷⁸ [2] Give a portion⁹ to seven¹⁰, and also to eight; for¹¹ thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. [3] If the clouds¹² be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree¹³ fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. [4] He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.¹⁴ [5] As thou knowest not what¹⁵ [is] the way of the spirit, [nor¹⁶] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child: even¹⁷ so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. [6] In the morning sow¹⁸ thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest¹⁹ not whether shall prosper²⁰, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.

⥃Enjoy Your Years

[7] Truly the light²¹ [is] sweet, and a pleasant²² [thing it is] for the eyes to behold the sun: [8] But if a man live many years, [and] rejoice²³ in them all; yet²⁴ let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that²⁵ cometh [is] vanity.²⁶

[9] [¶]Rejoice²⁷, O young man, in thy youth²⁸; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk²⁹ in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight³⁰ of thine eyes: but know³¹ thou, that for all these [things] God will bring thee into judgment. [10] Therefore remove³² sorrow³³ from thy heart, and put³⁴ away evil from thy flesh: for³⁵ childhood and youth [are] vanity.