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 6:18–19That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Luke 6:30–35Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
• Prov 6:16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
• Dan 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Matt 5:42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
• Luke 17:4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
• Heb 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
• Gal 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
• Mic 5:5And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
• Acts 11:28–30And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
• Neh 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
• Matt 18:22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
• Esth 9:22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
• Eph 5:16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Esth 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

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