Ecclesiastes 11:7
Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 7:11 : 11 (7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
- Matt 5:45 : 45 That 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.
- Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- Job 33:30 : 30 That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
- Ps 56:13 : 13 For thou hast deliuered my soule from death, and also my feete from falling, that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing.
- Ps 84:11 : 11 For 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.
- Prov 15:30 : 30 The light of the eyes reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.
- Prov 29:13 : 13 The poore and the vsurer meete together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
- Eccl 6:5 : 5 Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.
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- Eccl 11:8-103 verses80%
8 Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.
9 Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.
10 Therefore take away griefe out of thine heart, and cause euil to depart from thy flesh: for childehoode and youth are vanitie.
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11 (7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
- Eccl 12:1-22 verses77%
1 Remember nowe thy Creator in the daies of thy youth, whiles the euill daies come not, nor the yeeres approche, wherein thou shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them:
2 Whiles the sunne is not darke, nor ye light, nor the moone, nor the starres, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:
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26 If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,
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5 The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.
- Eccl 5:17-182 verses75%
17 (5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.
18 (5:17) Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.
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14 (7:16) In the day of wealth be of good comfort, and in the day of affliction consider: God also hath made this contrary to that, to the intent that man shoulde finde nothing after him.
- Eccl 8:15-162 verses74%
15 And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.
16 When I applied mine heart to knowe wisedome, and to behold the busines that is done on earth, that neither day nor night the eyes of man take sleepe,
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17 Thine age also shall appeare more cleare then the noone day: thou shalt shine and bee as the morning.
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11 Light is sowen for the righteous, and ioy for the vpright in heart.
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6 In the morning sowe thy seede, and in the euening let not thine hand rest: for thou knowest not whither shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shalbe a like good.
- Eccl 3:12-132 verses73%
12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. This is the gift of God.
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9 The sight of ye eye is better then to walke in ye lustes: this also is vanitie, & vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 6:11-122 verses73%
11 (7:1) Svrely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?
12 (7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?
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21 And nowe men see not the light, which shineth in the cloudes, but the winde passeth and clenseth them.
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3 And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.
- Eccl 2:24-263 verses72%
24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.
25 For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?
26 Surely to a man that is good in his sight, God giueth wisdome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner he giueth paine, to gather, and to heape to giue to him that is good before God: this is also vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.
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9 Reioyce with the wife whom thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie, which God hath giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy trauaile wherein thou labourest vnder the sunne.
- Eccl 2:13-142 verses72%
13 Then I saw that there is profite in wisdome, more then in follie: as the light is more excellent then darkenes.
14 For the wise mans eyes are in his head, but the foole walketh in darknes: yet I know also that the same condition falleth to them all.
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5 Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.
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30 The light of the eyes reioyceth the heart, and a good name maketh the bones fat.
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7 Againe I returned, and sawe vanitie vnder the sunne.
- Luke 11:33-342 verses71%
33 No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a priuie place, neither vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, that they which come in, may see the light.
34 The light of the bodie is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, then is thy whole bodie light: but if thine eye be euill, then thy bodie is darke.
- Eccl 2:10-112 verses71%
10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: & this was my portion of all my trauaile.
11 Then I looked on all my workes that mine hands had wrought, and on the trauaile that I had laboured to doe: and beholde, all is vanitie and vexation of the spirit: and there is no profite vnder the sunne.
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16 The day is thine, and the night is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sunne.
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22 Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?
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7 Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, & drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.
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20 (5:19) Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.
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3 What remaineth vnto man in all his trauaile, which he suffereth vnder ye sunne?
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3 When his light shined vpon mine head: and when by his light I walked thorowe the darkenesse,
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12 Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.
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1 There is an euill, which I sawe vnder the sunne, and it is much among men:
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20 Wherefore is the light giuen to him that is in miserie? and life vnto them that haue heauie hearts?
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13 I haue also seene this wisedome vnder the sunne, and it is great vnto me.
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9 For with thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light.
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36 If therefore thy whole body shall be light, hauing no part darke, then shall all be light, euen as when a candle doth light thee with the brightnesse.
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6 Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lorde, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
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3 (7:5) Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.