Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
In Context
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25and in the fifth year shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may increase unto you the produce thereof: I am Jehovah your God.
Psalms 41:1{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Proverbs 19:17He that is gracious to the poor lendeth unto Jehovah; and what he hath bestowed will he repay unto him.
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Isaiah 32:8But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.
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 →