Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is pleasant, and it is delightful for the eyes to see the sun.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

In Context

6In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.

8If a man lives for many years, and if he has rejoiced in all of these, he must remember the many days of the dark times, which, when they will have arrived, will accuse the past of vanity.

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Cross References

Job 33:30so that he may revive their souls from corruption and enlighten them with the light of life.

Psalms 84:11Mercy and truth have met each other. Justice and peace have kissed.

Proverbs 29:13The pauper and the creditor have met one another. The Lord is the illuminator of them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:11You should not say: “What do you think is the reason that the former times were better than they are now?” For this type of question is foolish.

Matthew 5:45In this way, you shall be sons of your Father, who is in heaven. He causes his sun to rise upon the good and the bad, and he causes it to rain upon the just and the unjust.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 11:2-7

The Obligations to Be Liberal; Answers to Objections against Liberality. 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If 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. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall… Read the whole commentary →

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