Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 you shall eat the fruits thereof, gathering the increase thereof. I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked maketh an unsteady work: but to him that soweth justice, there is a faithful reward.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to get, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to cast away.
Isaiah 32:8But the prince will devise such things as are worthy of a prince, and he shah stand above the rulers.
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 →