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] good with an inheritance; {it benefits the living}.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
So I concluded that wisdom [is] better than might, yet the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 16:16
Getting wisdom: {how much} better than gold! And getting understanding: it is chosen {over} silver.
Malachi 3:18
You will return and see [the difference] between [the] righteous and [the] wicked, between [the one who] serves God and the one who does not serve him.
Malachi 4:1
"For look! The day [is] about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every {evildoer} will be stubble. The coming day will consume them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch.
Light
Ecclesiastes 11:7
The light is sweet, and it [is] pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.
Psalm 119:105
Your word [is] a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous ones [is] like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day {is full}.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be dark. Therefore if the light in you is darkness, how great [is] the darkness!
Luke 11:34
Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sincere, your whole body is full of light also. But when it is evil, your body [is] dark also.
Ephesians 5:8
for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light