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Ecclesiastes 11:7
Ecclesiastes 11:7 is verse 7 of Ecclesiastes chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
King James Version
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
World English Bible
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 11:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
8 So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Psalms 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Proverbs 15:30The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
Proverbs 29:13The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
Ecclesiastes 7:11Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Matthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.