Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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What a Wise Man Does
1 Invest your money in foreign
trade, and one of these days
you will make a profit. note
2 Put your investments
in several places—many
places even—because you never
know what kind of bad luck you are
going to have in this world.
3 No matter which direction a tree
falls, it will lie where it fell. When
the clouds are full, it rains.
4 If you
wait until the wind and the weather
are just right, you will never plant
anything and never harvest anything.
5 God made everything, and
you can no more understand what
he does than you understand how
new life begins in the womb of a
pregnant woman.
6 Do your planting
in the morning and in the evening,
too. You never know whether it will
all grow well or whether one planting
will do better than the other.
7 It is good to be able to enjoy the
pleasant light of day.
8 Be grateful
for every year you live. No matter
how long you live, remember that
you will be dead much longer. There
is nothing at all to look forward to.
Advice to Young People
9 Young people, enjoy your youth.
Be happy while you are still young.
Do what you want to do, and follow
your heart's desire. But remember
that God is going to judge you for
whatever you do.
10 Don't let anything worry you or
cause you pain. You aren't going to
be young very long.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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