Cast your bread upon the waters and it will come back to you. Ecclesiastes 11:1

Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later

Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 MSG
[1] Be generous: Invest in acts of charity. Charity yields high returns. [2] Don’t hoard your goods; spread them around. Be a blessing to others. This could be your last night.

https://bible.com/bible/97/ecc.11.1-2.MSG

Ecclesiastes 11:1 NLT
[1] Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.

https://bible.com/bible/116/ecc.11.1.NLT

Ecclesiastes 11:1 NKJV
[1] Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days.

https://bible.com/bible/114/ecc.11.1.NKJV

Galatians 6:9-10 NLT
[9] So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up. [10] Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.

https://bible.com/bible/116/gal.6.9-10.NLT

I heard this verse, Ecclesiastes 11:1, quoted on a TV show. A character playing a crime victim quoted this Bible verse when asked why she was giving money to prostitutes. She stated that she was trying to help these girls by giving them the night off. Her efforts were rewarded by becoming a victim of the pimp who was in charge of the prostitute she was trying to help. Upon being interviewed by police she said she was “casting her bread upon the waters, as the good book says” believing that her act of kindness and generosity will one day return to her. she had escaped a life of prostitution and was attempting to help others escape that lifestyle and har experienced the wrath of those who exploit women for profit; sex traffickers.

As the Message translation puts it,
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 MSG
[1] Be generous: Invest in acts of charity. Charity yields high returns. [2] Don’t hoard your goods; spread them around. Be a blessing to others. This could be your last night.

https://bible.com/bible/97/ecc.11.1-2.MSG

There is great profit beyond material or monetary compensation when we help and serve others with our resources, financially, materially or simply supplying their need. This is the true meaning of living your neighbor as yourself. They may never be able to repay your act of kindness, but God sees and will reward you openly as you do your acts of kindness and charity in secret; not to draw attention or praise to yourself, but simply because you saw someone destitute and in great need, and you quickly came to their aid.