KJV King James Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
WEB World English Bible
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
ASV American Standard Version
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves] upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [shall be] alike good.Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.Matthew 10:42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.Hebrews 6:10For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.2 Corinthians 9:6But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.Isaiah 32:20Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass.Psalm 41:1-2To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.Luke 14:14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.Galatians 6:8-10For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.Psalm 126:5-6They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.Deuteronomy 15:7-11If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:Proverbs 11:24-25There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.Matthew 10:13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
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