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
Wise use of possessions is good; it brings benefit to the living.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
So I concluded, "Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless, the wisdom of the poor is rejected his words are never heard."
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth!
Proverbs 16:16
How much better than gaining gold is the acquisition of wisdom, the attainment of wisdom better than silver!
Malachi 3:18
When you return, you will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, and between the one who serves God and the one who does not."
Malachi 4:1
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Light
Ecclesiastes 11:7
How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine!
Psalm 119:105
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my pathway.
Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light within you has turned into darkness, how great is that darkness!"
Luke 11:34
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it's evil, your body is full of darkness.
Ephesians 5:8
For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,