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, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
• Job 5:19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
• Ps 112:9He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
• Luke 6:30–35Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.
• Prov 6:16There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
• Dan 4:27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.
• Matt 5:42Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
• Luke 17:4If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
• Heb 13:3Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
• Gal 6:1Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
• Mic 5:5He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
• Acts 11:28–30One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.
• Neh 8:10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
• Matt 18:22Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
• Esth 9:22as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
• Eph 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
• Esth 9:19Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.

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