Ecclesiastes 11:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
  • Prov 3:27 : 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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    1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

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  • Eccl 11:5-6
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    5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

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  • Hos 8:7
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    7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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    21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

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    7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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    4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Gal 6:7-9
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    7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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    9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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    16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

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    8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

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    27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

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  • John 4:36-37
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    36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

    37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

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    2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

  • Luke 12:54-55
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    54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

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    14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

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    10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

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    11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

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    11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

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    6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

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    32 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.

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    11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

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

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    15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

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    8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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    8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

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    17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: bause though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

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    5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

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    14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

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    14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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    24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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    10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

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    18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

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    11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to usalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

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    16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

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    8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

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    5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

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