Eccl.11.5

Ecclesiastes 11:5

KJV

As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

Cast Your Bread upon the Waters

Cross References

John 3:8

KJV Jesus Holy Spirit

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Jesus and Nicodemus

Psalm 139:13

KJV

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

You Have Searched Me and Known Me

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 139:15

KJV

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

You Have Searched Me and Known Me

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

Psalm 139:16

KJV

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

You Have Searched Me and Known Me

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

Ecclesiastes 1:6

KJV

The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

Everything Is Futile

Ecclesiastes 1:13

KJV

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

With Wisdom Comes Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 3:10

KJV

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

God’s Works Remain Forever

Ecclesiastes 3:11

KJV

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

God’s Works Remain Forever

Ecclesiastes 8:17

KJV

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

God’s Ways Are Mysterious

Ecclesiastes 11:4

KJV

He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.