Ecclesiastes 11:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.”
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“Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For thou knowest not what evil is on the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 11:2 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”
- Nehemiah 8:10Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
- Esther 9:19This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
- Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
- Job 5:19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
- Psalms 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Micah 5:5And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
- Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
- Matthew 18:22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
- Luke 6:30Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
- Luke 17:4Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- Galatians 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
- Ephesians 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- 1 Timothy 6:18Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
- Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).