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 faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Luke 18:6
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says.
Done
Luke 16:4
I know what I will do, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Children of this
Luke 20:34
And Jesus said to them, The children of this life marry and are married;
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself; if any one seems to be wise among you in this life, let him be a fool, that he may be wise.
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and their glory in their shame; who regard earthly things.
In
Matthew 17:26
He said to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him; Then are the children free;
Children of light
John 12:36
While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may be children of light. Jesus said these things, and went away and concealed himself from them.
Ephesians 5:8
For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,
1 Thessalonians 5:5
for you are all children of light, and children 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 peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;
1 John 3:10
By this are the children of God manifest, and the children of the devil; no one that does not righteousness is of God, and no one that loves not his brother.
General references
Acts 27:32
Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat and let it fall off.
Philippians 3:7
But whatever things were my gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:5
for you are all children of light, and children of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.