Ecclesiastes 11:1-6

1Freely give your things to other people. If you do that, one day you will receive your things back again.

2Share your things with several other people. You do not know when trouble will come. Then those people can help you.

3When clouds are full of water, rain will fall on the earth. If a tree falls to the ground, it will stay there, in the same place.

4A farmer who waits for the right wind will never plant any seeds. If he is always looking at the clouds, he will never bring in his crops.

5We do not know the path that the wind blows along. Nor do we know how a baby's body grows inside a pregnant woman. So nobody can explain the things that God does. He is the one who has made everything.

6Plant your seeds in the morning, and continue to work until the evening. You do not know which seeds will become strong plants. Perhaps only some of them will grow. Perhaps they will all grow well.