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 better than riches; yea, much more worth than the eyesight.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless, a simple man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Proverbs 4:5
Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them.
Proverbs 16:16
To have wisdom in possession is better than gold; and to get understanding is more worth than silver.
Malachi 3:18
Turn you therefore, and consider what difference is betwixt the righteous and ungodly: betwixt him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.
Malachi 4:1
For mark, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven: and all the proud, yea and all such as do wickedness, shall be straw: and the day that is for to come, shall burn them up, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Light
Ecclesiastes 11:7
The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to look upon the Sun.
Psalm 119:105
{Nun} Thy word is a lantern unto my feet and a light unto my paths.
Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.
Matthew 6:23
But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?
Luke 11:34
The light of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evil: then shall all thy body also be full of darkness.
Ephesians 5:8
Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.