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Ecclesiastes 11:6

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sow: Ecclesiastes 9:10; Isaiah 55:10; Hosea 10:12; Mark 4:26-29; John 4:36-38; 2 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Timothy 4:2

thou knowest: Ecclesiastes 9:1; Haggai 1:6-11, Haggai 2:17-19; Zechariah 8:11-12; Acts 11:20-21; 1 Corinthians 3:5-7; 2 Corinthians 9:10-11

prosper: Heb. be right

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