Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
King James Version
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 of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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 liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall 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 →