Ecclesiastes 11:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.”
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“Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 11:1 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit; thus your harvest will be increased. I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 15:7If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
- Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
- Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- Proverbs 11:24One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
- Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Isaiah 32:8But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Isaiah 32:20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
- Matthew 10:13If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you.
- Matthew 10:42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Matthew 25:17Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
- Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
- Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- 2 Corinthians 9:6Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
- Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
- Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
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