Ecclesiastes 11:7

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Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

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  • Eccl 7:11 : 11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and it is an advantage for those who see the light of day.
  • Matt 5:45 : 45 So that you may become children of your Father in heaven. For He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
  • Job 33:28 : 28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and my life will see the light.
  • Job 33:30 : 30 to bring back their soul from the pit, that they may be enlightened with the light of life.
  • Ps 56:13 : 13 I am bound by my vows to you, O God; I will present thank offerings to you.
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
  • Prov 15:30 : 30 Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news revitalizes the bones.
  • Prov 29:13 : 13 The poor and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
  • Eccl 6:5 : 5 Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 11:8-10
    3 verses
    80%

    8For if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is meaningless.

    9Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be glad in the days of your prime. Follow the ways of your heart and the sights of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

    10Remove vexation from your heart and put away distress from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are fleeting.

  • Eccl 7:11
    78%

    11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and it is an advantage for those who see the light of day.

  • Eccl 12:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years arrive when you say, 'I find no pleasure in them.'

    2Before the sun, light, moon, and stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain.

  • Job 31:26
    77%

    26if I have looked at the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

  • Eccl 1:5
    76%

    5The sun rises, and the sun sets, and it hurries back to where it rises.

  • Eccl 5:17-18
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    75%

    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

    18Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and enables them to enjoy it, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.

  • Eccl 7:14
    74%

    14When times are good, be joyful; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

  • Eccl 8:15-16
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    74%

    15So I praised enjoyment, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and be glad. This will accompany them in their toil through the days of life that God has given them under the sun.

    16When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to observe the work that is done on earth, even though people do not see sleep with their eyes day or night,

  • Job 11:17
    74%

    17Your life will shine brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.

  • Ps 97:11
    73%

    11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

  • Eccl 11:6
    73%

    6Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

  • Eccl 3:12-13
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    73%

    12I know that there is nothing better for people than to rejoice and to do good while they live.

    13And also that every person should eat, drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.

  • Eccl 6:9
    73%

    9Better is what the eyes see than the wandering of desire. This too is meaningless and a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 6:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11The more words, the more meaningless—and what advantage does that bring to anyone?

    12For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few days of their fleeting life? They pass like a shadow. Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

  • Job 37:21
    72%

    21Now no one sees the bright light in the clouds, but the wind has passed and cleared them.

  • Eccl 4:3
    72%

    3But better than both is the one who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:24-26
    3 verses
    72%

    24There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

    25For who can eat or who can enjoy life apart from Him?

    26To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

  • Eccl 9:9
    72%

    9Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your portion in life and in your hard work under the sun.

  • Eccl 2:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.

    14The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

  • Eccl 6:5
    72%

    5Though it has never seen the sun or known anything, it has more rest than that man.

  • Prov 15:30
    71%

    30Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news revitalizes the bones.

  • Eccl 4:7
    71%

    7Again, I turned and saw meaninglessness under the sun.

  • Luke 11:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

  • Eccl 2:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts.

    11Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.

  • Ps 74:16
    71%

    16The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the light and the sun.

  • Eccl 3:22
    70%

    22So I saw that there is nothing better than for a person to rejoice in their work, for that is their lot. Who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

  • Eccl 9:7
    70%

    7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works.

  • Eccl 1:3
    70%

    3What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?

  • Job 29:3
    70%

    3when His lamp shone upon my head, and I walked by His light through the darkness.

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • Eccl 6:1
    70%

    1There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great upon humanity.

  • Job 3:20
    70%

    20Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter in soul?

  • Eccl 9:13
    70%

    13I also saw this example of wisdom under the sun, and it seemed great to me.

  • Ps 36:9
    70%

    9They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

  • Luke 11:36
    70%

    36So if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.

  • Ps 4:6
    69%

    6Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD.

  • Eccl 7:3
    69%

    3Sorrow is better than laughter, for when the face is sad, the heart may be improved.