honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 - Revised Standard Version Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition CAST YOUR bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. American Standard Version (1901) Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Common English Bible Send your bread out on the water because, in the course of time, you may find it again. Catholic Public Domain Version Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again. |
honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.
He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the ass range free.
But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.
But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that they may yield more richly for you: I am the Lord your God.
And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.’
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
The point is this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.