“Moreover, it is a righteous thing to give (to the needy) of thy bread, and of those things which are necessary for the support of man's life. For though thou seemest forthwith to waste it upon some persons, as if thou didst cast thy bread upon the water, yet in the progress of time thy kindness shall be seen to be not…”
Gregory of Neocaesarea, 3th c. — A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter XI
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1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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— Ecclesiastes 11:1 —
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.