Luke 16:8

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Luke 16:8

And the lord praised the steward of unrighteousness because he acted shrewdly: because the sons of this age are wiser in their generation than the sons of the light.

John 12:36

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may be the sons of light. And Jesus spoke these things, and having gone out was hidden from them.

Ephesians 5:8

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

1 Thessalonians 5:5

for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

Luke 20:34

And responding Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,

Matthew 17:26

And he saying from aliens, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are free.

Luke 16:4

I know what I shall do, in order that when I am deposed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Luke 16:10

He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much: and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in much.

Luke 18:6

But the Lord said, I fear what the unjust judge says.

1 Corinthians 3:18

Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: every one not doing righteousness is not of God, and the one not loving his brother with divine love.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Unjust

Luke 16:10

Luke 18:6

Done

Luke 16:4

Children of this

Luke 20:34

1 Corinthians 3:18

Philippians 3:19

In

Matthew 17:26

Children of light

1 John 3:10

General references

Acts 27:32

Philippians 3:7

1 Thessalonians 5:5

Bible References

Unjust

He that is faithful in the least is also faithful in much: and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous in much.

But the Lord said, I fear what the unjust judge says.

Done

I know what I shall do, in order that when I am deposed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Children of this

And responding Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,

Let no one deceive himself. If any one seems to be wise among you in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

In

And he saying from aliens, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are free.

Children of light

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may be the sons of light. And Jesus spoke these things, and having gone out was hidden from them.

For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: every one not doing righteousness is not of God, and the one not loving his brother with divine love.

General references

Then the soldiers cut the ropes away from the boat, and let it fall out.

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.

for you are all the sons of light, and the sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness;