Ecclesiastes 11:5
In the same manner that you do not know the way of the spirit, nor the way that bones are joined together in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the works of God, who is the Maker of all.
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4Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap.
Cross References
Job 5:9He does great and unfathomable and miraculous things without number.
Job 26:14Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?
Job 37:23We are not worthy to be able to find him. Great in strength, great in judgment, great in justice: he is indescribable.
Psalms 40:5I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
Psalms 104:24And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
Ecclesiastes 1:6it circles through the south, and arcs toward the north. The spirit continues on, illuminating everything in its circuit, and turning again in its cycle.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7
The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree 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… Read the whole commentary →