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Cast your bread on the waters; For you shall find it after many days.
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A Call to Radical Generosity
All commentators agree this verse is a powerful call to be generous with your resources ('your bread'). This means giving freely and bountifully, not just to the deserving, but even to those who may seem ungrateful or unable to repay you. As John Gill notes, it's like casting something on water where it seems lost, but it is an act of righteousness and a guard against a spirit of covetousness.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The verse means: “Show hospitality, even though the corresponding return of hospitality to you may seem improbable; nevertheless, be hospitable in …
19th Century
Anglican
In this section, the preacher is drawing to a close, and he brings out practical lessons very different from those which views of life like his hav…
Baptist
Do not hoard your bread; for if you do, it will mildew and be of no use to you. Cast it on the waters; scatter it abroad; give it to the unworthy i…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Cast your bread upon the waters As the wise man has often suggested that nothing was better for a man than to enjoy …
Solomon presses the rich to do good to others. Give freely, though it may seem thrown away and lost. Give to many. Do not excuse yourself with the …
