Ecclesiastes 11:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Send out your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will get it back.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:29

honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The troops are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked earn no real gain, but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.

Proverbs 19:17

Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord and will be repaid in full.

Proverbs 22:9

Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek and a time to lose; a time to keep and a time to throw away;

Isaiah 32:20

Happy will you be who sow beside every stream, who let the ox and the donkey range freely.

Isaiah 32:8

But those who are noble plan noble things, and by noble things they stand.

Leviticus 19:25

But in the fifth year you may eat of their fruit, that their yield may be increased for you: I am the Lord your God.

Matthew 10:13

If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Matthew 10:42

and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”

Matthew 25:17

In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents.

Matthew 25:40

And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to me.’

Luke 14:14

And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

2 Corinthians 9:6

The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the love that you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.