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

As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb[a] of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5 Or As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb

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