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Divide your gifts among many,[a] for in the days ahead you yourself may need much help.

When the clouds are heavy, the rains come down; when a tree falls, whether south or north, the die is cast, for there it lies. If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.[b]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 11:2 Divide your gifts among many, literally, “Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight.”
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:4 If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done, literally, “He that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.”

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