Ecclesiastes 11:7
Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Job 33:30That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly.
Proverbs 29:13The poore and the vsurer meete together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Be not thou of an hastie spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosome of fooles.
Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your father that is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill, and the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and 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 →