Cast thy bread upon the waters

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1. An expression from the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament: “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.”

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This saying calls on people to believe that their good deeds will ultimately benefit them.

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"The earlier denial," the story concluded, "was occasioned by an exclusive story in the New York Mirror" Cast thy bread upon the waters: /or thou shalt find it after many days.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days."

From The Village Sunday School With brief sketches of three of its scholars by Symons, John C.

A life insurance company is a grand combination philanthropico-financial corporation whose motto is, "Cast thy bread upon the waters, and after many days thou shalt receive it again."

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

"Cast thy bread upon the waters," for there is One watching it who will bring it back after many days.

From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin

Cast thy bread upon the waters, waft it on with praying breath, In some distant, doubtful moment it may save a soul from death.

From What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness by Trine, Ralph Waldo