honey, curd, sheep and cheese from the herd for David and for the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people must be hungry, weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
Ecclesiastes 11:1 - Tree of Life Version Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition CAST YOUR bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. American Standard Version (1901) Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days. Common English Bible Send your bread out on the water because, in the course of time, you may find it again. Catholic Public Domain Version Cast your bread over running waters. For, after a long time, you shall find it again. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cast thy bread upon the running waters: for after a long time thou shalt find it again. |
honey, curd, sheep and cheese from the herd for David and for the people who were with him to eat. For they said, “The people must be hungry, weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
The wicked earn deceptive wages, but a sower of righteousness reaps a true reward.
One who is kind to the poor lends to Adonai, and Adonai will reward him for his good deed.
One with a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not let your hand be idle, for you do not know if this or that will succeed, or if both will prosper together.
a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to discard;
Blessed are you, sowing by all waters, letting the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
In the fifth year you may eat its fruit. So it will yield its increase to you. I am Adonai your God.
If the household is worthy, let your shalom come upon it. But if it’s not worthy, let your shalom return to you.
And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, amen I tell you, he shall never lose his reward.”
“And answering, the King will say to them, ‘Amen, I tell you, whatever you did to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
and you will be blessed, since they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love that you showed for His name, in having served and continuing to serve the kedoshim.