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Ecclesiastes 11:7
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Ecclesiastes 11:7
7¶ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
7¶ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to behold the sunne.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 11:7
According to truth; in agreement with fact; Sincerely; honestly; really; faithfully; Exactly; justly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Cheerful; enlivening. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study11¶ Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
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Open the full verse study45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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Open the full verse study30The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
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Open the full verse study11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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Open the full verse study30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
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Open the full verse study13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
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Open the full verse study5Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
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Open the full verse study28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
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Open the full verse study13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
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