Ecclesiastes 11:2
Share what you own with seven or eight people, for you never know what disaster could happen.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
In Context
1Send your bread out on the surface of the water, and many days later you will find it again.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:8Check with your men and they'll confirm it. Please be kind to my men, especially since we've come on this day of celebration. Please give whatever food you can to us and to your good friend David.’”
Esther 9:19To this day rural Jews, living in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of celebration and feasting, a holiday when they send gifts to one another.
Job 5:19He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the Lord hates, seven things that he absolutely detests:
Micah 5:5He will be our source of peace when the Assyrians invade our land and destroy our fortresses. Then we will appoint many strong leaders,
Matthew 18:22“No, not seven times. I would say seventy times seven!” Jesus told him.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7
The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall… Read the whole commentary →