Ecclesiastes 11:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

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  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slothful man says, 'There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.'
  • Prov 3:27 : 27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

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    1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

    2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.

    3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be.

  • Eccl 11:5-6
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    5 As you do not know the way of the spirit, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything.

    6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

  • Hos 8:7
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    7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal. If it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

  • Job 37:21
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    21 And now men do not see the bright light which is in the clouds, but the wind passes and clears them.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7 With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4 The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

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

    8 For he who sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

    9 And let us not grow weary in doing good: for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint.

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

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

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

  • Mark 4:27-28
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    27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how.

    28 For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

  • John 4:36-37
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    36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

    37 For in this the saying is true, One sows and another reaps.

  • Eccl 12:2
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    2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars are 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 you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, There comes a shower; and so it is.

    55 And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass.

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    14 Thick clouds are a covering to Him, so that He does not see; and He walks on the circuit of heaven.'

  • Isa 55:10
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    10 For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not return there, but waters the earth, and makes 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 you shall make your plant to grow, and in the morning you shall make your seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

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    11 Also by watering he burdens the thick cloud, he scatters his bright cloud.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
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    6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

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    32 With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between.

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    11 He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

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    7 For he does not know what shall be; for who can tell him when it shall be?

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    15 You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; and crush grapes, but not drink the wine.

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    8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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

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    17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

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    5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

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    5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

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    37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.

  • Isa 40:24
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    24 Indeed, they shall not be planted; indeed, they shall not be sown; indeed, their stock shall not take root in the earth; and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

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    25 To make a weight for the winds, and he measures the waters by measure.

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    14 Whoever boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

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    14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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

  • Ezek 17:10
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    10 Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

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

  • Jer 4:11
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    11 At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,

  • Ps 103:16
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    16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.

  • Isa 27:8
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    8 In measure, when it shoots forth, You will debate with it: He restrains His rough wind in the day of the east wind.

  • Job 35:5
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    5 Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you.

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    16 Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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    24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground?

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