Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
Psalms 41:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
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 →