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Share with seven or with eight,[a]
    for you never can predict what disasters will come.
When clouds are full of rain,
    they will pour it out upon the earth.
Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north,
    wherever it falls, there will it lie.
One who continues to watch the wind will never sow,
    and one who keeps staring at the clouds will never reap.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 11:2 Share with seven or with eight: this may refer to sharing our resources with others or to avoiding putting all our eggs in one basket.