Ecclesiastes 11:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:29

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.”

Proverbs 11:18

A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Proverbs 19:17

He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.

Proverbs 22:9

He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

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.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

Isaiah 32:20

Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the ass range free.

Isaiah 32:8

But he who is noble devises noble things, and by noble things he stands.

Leviticus 19:25

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.

Matthew 10:13

And 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 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.”

Matthew 25:17

So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more.

Matthew 25:40

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.’

Luke 14:14

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

2 Corinthians 9:6

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

Hebrews 6:10

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.