🌀WEB · Ecclesiastes 11:1
What does Ecclesiastes 11:1 mean?
"Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days."
— Ecclesiastes 11:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.
Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
He who observes the wind won’t sow; and he who regards the clouds won’t reap.
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Biblical perspective
What does 11:11 mean in the Bible?
Seeing 11:11 and wondering if it's a message? The Bible doesn't treat repeated numbers as signs — but it does have a lot to say about what it means when God is actually speaking.
John 11:11 is a real verse where Jesus speaks plainly to his disciples about Lazarus. It's a passage about resurrection and the power of Jesus over death — more significant than a clock pattern.
John 11:11
"He said these things, and after that, he said to them, 'Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awaken him out of sleep.'"
Deuteronomy 11:1
"Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always."
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