Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Ignorance of the Future Demands Diligence in the Present Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
  • Matt 10:42 : 42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”
  • Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.
  • Gal 6:8-9 : 8 because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
  • Luke 14:14 : 14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
  • Isa 32:8 : 8 An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
  • Ps 41:1-2 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him. 2 May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition. 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
  • Prov 11:24-25 : 24 One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty. 25 A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest. 6 The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.
  • Matt 10:13 : 13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 11:2-4
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    80%

    2Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

    3If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

    4He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.

  • Eccl 11:6-9
    4 verses
    74%

    6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

    7Life Should Be Enjoyed Because Death is Inevitable Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.

    8So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many– all that is about to come is obscure.

    9Enjoy Life to the Fullest under the Fear of God Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions.

  • Prov 1:14
    71%

    14Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.”

  • Prov 11:24-25
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    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

    25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

  • Job 11:16
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    16For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

  • Prov 22:9
    69%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Eccl 9:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

    11Wisdom Cannot Protect against Seemingly Chance Events Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge– for time and chance may overcome them all.

  • Eccl 7:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Do not say,“Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.

    11Wisdom Can Lengthen One’s Life Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day.

  • Eccl 7:14
    69%

    14In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    69%

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Prov 5:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

    16Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

  • Ps 128:2
    68%

    2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

  • Isa 32:20
    68%

    20you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

  • Job 22:11
    68%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Eccl 1:7
    67%

    7All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

    12For no one knows what is best for a person during his life– during the few days of his fleeting life– for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

  • Eccl 3:6
    67%

    6A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

  • Isa 55:10
    67%

    10The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.

  • Isa 17:11
    67%

    11The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.

  • Isa 30:23
    67%

    23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

  • Prov 13:23
    67%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 9:17
    67%

    17“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”

  • Prov 9:11
    67%

    11For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

  • Ps 107:37
    67%

    37They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.

  • Deut 28:12
    67%

    12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

  • Prov 28:19
    67%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 27:1
    67%

    1Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

  • Deut 15:10
    67%

    10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

  • Deut 6:11
    67%

    11houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant– and you eat your fill,

  • Eccl 8:17
    67%

    17then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

  • 2 Kgs 4:3
    67%

    3He said,“Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can.

  • Hag 1:6
    67%

    6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”

  • Prov 12:11
    67%

    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Job 34:11
    66%

    11For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

  • Prov 24:14
    66%

    14Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you have found it, you have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

  • Job 14:11
    66%

    11As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up,

  • Luke 11:10
    66%

    10For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

  • Prov 11:27
    66%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Prov 13:11
    66%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 25:21
    66%

    21If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,