Ecclesiastes 11:1
Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, [be diligently active, make thoughtful decisions], for you will
Proverbs 19:17
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
Matthew 10:42
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle with your hands in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening planting will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.
Luke 14:14
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
“If there is a poor man among you, one of your fellow Israelites, in
Psalm 41:1-2
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
Psalm 126:5-6
They who sow in tears shall reap with joyful singing.
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].
Proverbs 11:24-25
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
Proverbs 22:9
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.
Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things;
And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.
Matthew 10:13
Matthew 25:40
2 Corinthians 9:6
Now [remember] this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows
Galatians 6:8-10
For the one who sows to his flesh [his sinful capacity, his worldliness, his disgraceful impulses] will reap from the flesh ruin and destruction, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
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Waters
For
General references
Bible References
Thy bread
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.
But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things;
And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.
Waters
Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.
For
The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
They who sow in tears shall reap with joyful singing.
The wicked man earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness and lives his life with integrity will have a true reward [that is both permanent and satisfying].
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.
General references
Then your barns will be abundantly filled
And your vats will overflow with new wine.