Ecclesiastes 11:7
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
BSB
ASV
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
KJV
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
It is indeed a beautiful wisdom, because it is light, but it is more beautiful than the sun, since the sun is unable to give birth to its radiance within itself, while the Eternal Sun begets the most beautiful Radiance within Himself. Likewise, eternal wisdom …
Truly the light is sweet,.... Here begins a new subject, as most think; and some here begin the twelfth and last chapter, and not improperly.
Light was the first thing made in the formation of the great world, as the eye is one of the first in the formation of the body, the little world. It is pleasant to see the light; the heathen were so charmed with the pleasure of it that they worshipped the sun.
The preceding exhortation to a life of labor in the sight of God is now addressed especially to the active and the young; and is enforced by another consideration, namely, the transitory character of all that sustains youth. Ecc 11:7 The light ... the sun - Gifts of God which cheer man’s toil, but which he almost ceases to appreciate in his old age. Ecc 11:8 Days of darkness - The time of old age, and perhaps any time of sorrow or misfortune. Compare Ecc 12:
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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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.
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Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
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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.
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The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is…
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
