Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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
Done
Children of this
Children of light
General references
Bible References
Unjust
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.
Done
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.
Children of this
Luke 20:34
And responding Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
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.
In
Matthew 17:26
And he saying from aliens, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are free.
Children of 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;
1 Peter 2:9
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.
General references
Acts 27:32
Then the soldiers cut the ropes away from the boat, and let it fall out.
Philippians 3:7
Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.
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;