Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Summary

Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Thy bread

Waters

Isaiah 32:20

For

General references

Leviticus 19:25

Proverbs 3:10

Matthew 5:42

Bible References

Thy bread

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,

There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

But a noble man devises noble things, and in noble things he shall continue.

Waters

Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.

For

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

Thou shall surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou give to him, because for this thing LORD thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou put thy hand to.

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

And if indeed the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.

and thou will be blessed, because they do not have to recompense thee, for it will be recompensed to thee at the resurrection of the righteous.

But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.

Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

General references

And in the fifth year ye shall eat of the fruit of it, that it may yield to you the increase of it. I am LORD your God.

so thy barns shall be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.