Ecclesiastes 11:1
Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
In Context
2Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:18The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.
Ecclesiastes 3:6A tyme to wynne, and a tyme to lose: A tyme to spare, and a tyme to spende.
Isaiah 32:8But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion.
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 →