Ecclesiastes 11:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.
  • Eccl 6:5 : 5 Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 11:8-10
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    8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.

    9Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

    10So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

  • Eccl 12:1-2
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    77%

    1Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

    2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

  • Job 31:26
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    26If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5The sun comes up and the sun goes down, and goes quickly back to the place where he came up.

  • Eccl 5:17-18
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    17This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

    18Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.

  • Eccl 8:15-16
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    15So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

    16When I gave my mind to the knowledge of wisdom and to seeing the business which is done on the earth (and there are those whose eyes see not sleep by day or by night),

  • Job 11:17
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    17And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.

  • Ps 97:11
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    11Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

  • Eccl 3:12-13
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    12I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

    13And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

  • Eccl 6:9
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    9What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    11There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?

    12Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

  • Job 37:21
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    21And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

  • Eccl 4:3
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    3Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
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    24There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

    25Who may take food or have pleasure without him?

    26To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:13-14
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    13Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

  • Eccl 6:5
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    5Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

  • Prov 15:30
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    30The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Eccl 4:7
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    7Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun.

  • Luke 11:33-34
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    33No man, when the light has been lighted, puts it in a secret place, or under a vessel, but on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

    34The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
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    10And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

    11Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

  • Ps 74:16
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    16The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

  • Eccl 9:7
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    7Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

  • Eccl 1:3
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    3What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

  • Job 29:3
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    3When his light was shining over my head, and when I went through the dark by his light.

  • Job 17:12
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    12They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

  • Eccl 6:1
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    1There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is hard on men;

  • Job 3:20
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    20Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul;

  • Eccl 9:13
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    13This again I have seen under the sun as wisdom and it seemed great to me.

  • Ps 36:9
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    9For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we will see light.

  • Luke 11:36
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    36If, then, all your body is light, with no part of it dark, it will be completely full of light, as when a flame with its bright shining gives you light.

  • Ps 4:6
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    6There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.

  • Eccl 7:3
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    3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.