Ecclesiastes 11:7

The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

Bible (Bishops')

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

6Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede, whether it be in the morning or in the euening: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better.

8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

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Cross References

Proverbs 29:13The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.

Ecclesiastes 7:11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

Matthew 5:45That ye may be the chyldren of your father, which is in heauen. For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll, and on the good, and sendeth rayne on the iust, and on the vniust.

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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