Ecclesiastes 11:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Job 33:28

He kept my soul from the underworld, and my life sees the light in full measure.

Job 33:30

Keeping back his soul from the underworld, so that he may see the light of life.

Psalm 56:13

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.

Psalm 84:11

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.

Proverbs 15:30

The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

Proverbs 29:13

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

Ecclesiastes 12:2

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

Ecclesiastes 6:5

Yes, it saw not the sun, and it had no knowledge; it is better with this than with the other.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.

Matthew 5:45

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.