Ecclesiastes 11:1

Cast: That is, says Bp. Lowth, "Sow thy seed or corn on the face of the waters;" in plain terms, sow without any hope of a harvest: do good even to them on whom your benefactions seem thrown away. Dr. Jebb has well illustrated it by the following passages: Vain are the favours done to vicious men;

Not vainer tis to sow the foaming deep.

The deep no pleasant harvest shall afford

Nor will the wicked ever make return. "To befriend the wicked is like sowing in the sea.

These, indeed, invert this precept;

Nor is it extraordinary that they should. "The one, frail human power alone produced,

The other, God."

thy bread: Deuteronomy 15:7-1 Kings :, Proverbs 11:24, Proverbs 11:25, Proverbs 22:9, Isaiah 32:8

waters: Heb. face of the waters, Isaiah 32:20

for: Ecclesiastes 11:6, Deuteronomy 15:10, Psalms 41:1, Psalms 41:2, Psalms 126:5, Psalms 126:6, Proverbs 11:18, Proverbs 19:17, Matthew 10:13, Matthew 10:42, Matthew 25:40, Luke 14:14, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Galatians 6:8-2 Samuel :, Hebrews 6:10

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:25 - General 1 Samuel 25:11 - give it 2 Samuel 17:29 - The people 2 Chronicles 18:14 - Go ye up Psalms 112:9 - dispersed Proverbs 3:10 - General Proverbs 13:7 - that maketh himself poor Proverbs 14:21 - he that hath Proverbs 31:20 - she reacheth Ecclesiastes 3:6 - and a time to cast Isaiah 58:7 - to deal Ezekiel 18:16 - but hath Matthew 5:42 - General Matthew 25:17 - he also Matthew 25:35 - I was an Luke 6:38 - and it Luke 11:41 - rather Luke 16:9 - Make Acts 2:45 - parted Acts 11:29 - to send Romans 12:8 - giveth 1 Timothy 6:18 - ready