Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may come on the earth. Diversify your generosity and ventures because the future is uncertain.

Cross-references · 17

• 1 Tim 6:18–19Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,
• Job 5:19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Luke 6:30–35Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.
• Prov 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
• Dan 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.”
• Matt 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
• 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.”
• Heb 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
• Gal 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.
• Mic 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.
• Acts 11:28–30One 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.)
• Neh 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.”
• Matt 18:22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
• Esth 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.
• Eph 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Esth 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.

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