Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread vpon the waters: for after many daies thou shalt finde it.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
In Context
2Giue a portion to seuen, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what euill shalbe vpon ye earth.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:25And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shall deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde.
Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and the Lord will recompense him that which he hath giuen.
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seeke, and a time to lose: a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.
Isaiah 32:8But the liberall man will deuise of liberall things, and he will continue his liberalitie.
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 →