Ecclesiastes 11:2

A Conservative Version

Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Cross References

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:

Psalm 112:9

He has scattered, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Job 5:19

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember the prisoners as being in bondage together, those who are ill-treated as also yourselves being in the body.

Ephesians 5:16

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Galatians 6:1

And brothers, if a man is overtaken in some transgression, ye the spiritual, restore such in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted.

Luke 17:4

And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.

Matthew 18:22

Jesus says to him, I say to thee, not until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

Matthew 5:42

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

Micah 5:5

And this [man] shall be [our] peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Esther 9:22

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies. And the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day, that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending

Esther 9:19

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our LORD; neither be ye grieved, for the joy of LORD is your strength.

Proverbs 19:17

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

Ecclesiastes 11:3

If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

Yea, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shall say, I have no pleasure in them,

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes, for we come in a good day. Give, I pray thee, whatever comes to thy hand to thy servants, and to thy son David.