Ecclesiastes 11:6-8

The Voice

⁶    Get up early to sow your seed,
        and in the evening find worthwhile things to do,
    For you never know which will profit you—
        maybe this, maybe that, maybe both.

Hard work, not idleness, is at the heart of wisdom. Rewards come when we most need and least expect them.

⁷ Light is sweet;
one glimpse of the sun delights the eyes.

⁸If a person lives many years, then he should learn to enjoy each and every one; but he should not forget the dark days ahead, for there will be plenty of them. All that is to come—whether bright days or dark—is fleeting.

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