Ecclesiastes 11:1
Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: 1 For thou shalt find it after many days. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 ye shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Korah. 1
Proverbs 11:18An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: 1 But the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth. 1
Proverbs 19:17He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; 1 And he will recompense to him according to his gift. 1
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, and a time to lose; 1 A time to keep, and a time to cast away; 1
Isaiah 32:8But the godly have devised wise measures, and this counsel shall 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 →