Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
Revised Version 1895
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 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 29:13The poor man and the oppressor meet together: the LORD lighteneth the eyes of them both.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance: yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.
Matthew 5:45that ye may be sons of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on 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 →