Ecclesiastes 11:1
Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may take the fruit and the increase of it for your food: I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.
Proverbs 11:18The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Proverbs 19:17He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
Isaiah 32:8But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:1
In this chapter we have, I. A pressing exhortation to works of charity and bounty to the poor, as the best cure of the vanity which our worldly riches are subject to and the only way of making them turn to a substantial good account, ver. 1-6 . II. A serious admonition to prepare for death and judgment, and to begin betimes, even in the days of our youth, to do so, ver. 7-10 . Read the whole commentary →