Ecclesiastes 11:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Be generous, and some day you will be rewarded.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:18

Meanness gets you nowhere, but goodness is rewarded.

Proverbs 19:17

Caring for the poor is lending to the LORD, and you will be well repaid.

Proverbs 22:9

The LORD blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Plant your seeds early in the morning and keep working in the field until dark. Who knows? Your work might pay off, and your seeds might produce.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,

Isaiah 32:20

You will have God's blessing, as you plant your crops beside streams, while your donkeys and cattle roam freely about.

Isaiah 32:8

But helpful people can always be trusted to make helpful plans.

Leviticus 19:25

to me, the LORD God. Do this, and in the fifth year, those trees will produce an abundant harvest of fruit for you to eat.

Matthew 10:13

If the home is deserving, let your blessing remain with them. But if the home isn't deserving, take back your blessing of peace.

Matthew 10:42

And anyone who gives one of my most humble followers a cup of cool water, just because that person is my follower, will be rewarded.

Matthew 25:17

The servant who had two thousand coins did the same with his money and earned two thousand more.

Matthew 25:40

The king will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”

Luke 14:14

They cannot pay you back. But God will bless you and reward you when his people rise from death.

2 Corinthians 9:6

Remember this saying, “A few seeds make a small harvest, but a lot of seeds make a big harvest.”

Hebrews 6:10

God is always fair. He will remember how you helped his people in the past and how you are still helping them. You belong to God, and he won't forget the love you have shown his people.