Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters,—for, after many days, shalt thou find it:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 the fruit thereof, that it may enrich you with its increase,—I—Yahweh, am your God.
Psalms 41:1How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
Proverbs 11:18The lawless man, earneth the wages of falsehood, but, he that soweth righteousness, hath the reward of fidelity.
Proverbs 19:17A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost,—A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Isaiah 32:8But, a noble man, noble things, hath devised,—And, he, upon noble things, will 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 →