Ecclesiastes 11:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
  • Prov 3:27 : 27 Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shal he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

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  • Eccl 11:1-3
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    78%

    1Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.

    2Giue a portion to seuen, & also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.

    3If the clouds be full, they wil powre forth raine vpon the earth: and if the tree doe fall toward the South, or toward the North, in the place that the tree falleth, there it shalbe.

  • Eccl 11:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5As thou knowest not which is ye way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe growe in the wombe of her that is with child: so thou knowest not the worke of God that worketh all.

    6In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.

  • Hos 8:7
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    7For they haue sowne the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewind: it hath no stalke: the budde shall bring foorth no meale: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall deuoure it.

  • Job 37:21
    73%

    21And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

  • Prov 20:4
    73%

    4The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shal he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

  • Gal 6:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7Be not deceiued: God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall hee also reape.

    8For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but hee that soweth to the spirit, shal of the spirit reape life euerlasting.

    9Let vs not therefore be weary of well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.

  • Prov 11:29
    72%

    29He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart.

  • Eccl 5:16
    72%

    16(5:15) And this also is an euill sickenes that in all pointes as he came, so shall he goe, and what profit hath he that he hath traueiled for the winde?

  • Job 4:8
    72%

    8As I haue seene, they that plow iniquitie, and sowe wickednesse, reape the same.

  • Mark 4:27-28
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    71%

    27And shoulde sleepe, and rise vp night and day, and the seede should spring and growe vp, he not knowing howe.

    28For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of it selfe, first the blade, then the eares, after that full corne in the eares.

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36And he that reapeth, receiueth rewarde, and gathereth fruite vnto life eternall, that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, might reioyce together.

    37For herein is the saying true, that one soweth, and an other reapeth.

  • Eccl 12:2
    71%

    2Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

  • Luke 12:54-55
    2 verses
    71%

    54Then said he to the people, When ye see a cloude rise out of the West, straightway ye say, A shower commeth: and so it is.

    55And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: & it commeth to passe.

  • Job 22:14
    71%

    14The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.

  • Isa 55:10
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    10Surely as the raine commeth downe and the snow from heauen, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth and maketh it to bring forth and bud, that it may giue seede to the sower, and bread vnto him that eateth,

  • Isa 17:11
    70%

    11In the day shalt thou make thy plant to growe, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seede to florish: but the haruest shall be gone in the day of possession, and there shalbe desperate sorrowe.

  • Job 37:11
    70%

    11He maketh also the cloudes to labour, to water the earth, and scattereth the cloude of his light.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6This yet remember, that he which soweth sparingly, shall reape also sparingly, and hee that soweth liberally, shall reape also liberally.

  • Job 36:32
    70%

    32He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.

  • Prov 12:11
    70%

    11He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.

  • Eccl 8:7
    70%

    7For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

  • Mic 6:15
    69%

    15Thou shalt sowe, but not reape: thou shalt treade the oliues, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyle, and make sweete wine, but shalt not drinke wine.

  • Prov 22:8
    69%

    8He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.

  • Job 26:8
    69%

    8He bindeth the waters in his cloudes, and the cloude is not broken vnder them.

  • Eccl 8:17
    69%

    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

  • Prov 10:5
    69%

    5He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.

  • Ps 126:5
    69%

    5They that sowe in teares, shall reape in ioy.

  • 1 Cor 15:37
    68%

    37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shalbe, but bare corne as it falleth, of wheat, or of some other.

  • Isa 40:24
    68%

    24As though they were not plated, as though they were not sowen, as though their stocke tooke no roote in the earth: for he did euen blow vpon them, and they withered, and the whirlewinde will take them away as stubble.

  • Job 28:25
    68%

    25To make the weight of the windes, and to weigh the waters by measure.

  • Prov 25:14
    68%

    14A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

  • Jas 4:14
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    14(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward vanisheth away)

  • Jer 5:24
    68%

    24For they say not in their heart, Let vs nowe feare the Lorde our God, that giueth raine both early and late in due season: hee reserueth vnto vs the appointed weekes of the haruest.

  • Ezek 17:10
    68%

    10Beholde, it was planted: but shal it prosper? shall it not be dried vp, and wither? when the East winde shall touch it, it shall wither in the trenches, where it grewe.

  • Job 24:18
    68%

    18He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.

  • Jer 4:11
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    11At that time shall it bee saide to this people and to Ierusalem, A dry winde in the hie places of the wildernes commeth towarde ye daughter of my people, but neither to fanne nor to clense.

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    16For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.

  • Isa 27:8
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    8In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

  • Job 35:5
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    5Looke vnto the heauen, and see and behold the cloudes which are hyer then thou.

  • Job 37:16
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    16Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloude, and the wonderous workes of him, that is perfite in knowledge?

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    24Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground?