Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 11:1
A church father on this verse
“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…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: For thou shalt find it after many days.
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In context
— Ecclesiastes 11:1 —
2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; For thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
3If the clouds be filled with rain, They pour it out upon the earth: And if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, In the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.