Ecclesiastes 11:1

New Living Translation

Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, butter, sheep, goats, and cheese for David and those who were with him. For they said, “You must all be very hungry and tired and thirsty after your long march through the wilderness.”

Proverbs 11:18

Evil people get rich for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last.

Proverbs 19:17

If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord— and he will repay you!

Proverbs 22:9

Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.

Isaiah 32:20

the Lord will greatly bless his people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up. Their cattle and donkeys will graze freely.

Isaiah 32:8

But generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity.

Leviticus 19:25

Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 10:13

If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.

Matthew 10:42

And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”

Matthew 25:17

The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more.

Matthew 25:40

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

Luke 14:14

Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

2 Corinthians 9:6

Remember this—a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do.