Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God.
Psalms 41:1Blessed is he that considereth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness [hath] a sure reward.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.
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 in noble things shall he continue.
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 →