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, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:16
And I said, 'Better is wisdom than might, and the wisdom of the poor is despised, and his words are not heard.' --
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.
Proverbs 16:16
To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
Malachi 3:18
And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.
Malachi 4:1
For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
Light
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Sweet also is the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
Psalm 119:105
Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path.
Proverbs 4:18
And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
Matthew 6:23
but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!
Luke 11:34
'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;
Ephesians 5:8
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,