Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Bible References
I saw
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than fine gold, and the getting of intelligence to be preferred to silver!
Malachi 3:18
And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Malachi 4:1
For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Light
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Now the light is sweet, and pleasant is it to the eyes to see the sun;
Psalm 119:105
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
Matthew 6:23
but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!
Luke 11:34
The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.
Ephesians 5:8
for ye were once darkness, but now light in the Lord; walk as children of light,