Luke 16:8

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

Luke 16:10

Luke 18:6

Done

Children of this

In

Psalm 49:10

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 who is faithful in the least, is also faithful in much; and he who in the least is unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

And the Lord said, 'Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

Done

I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, 'Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.'

And Amnon hath a friend, and his name is Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David's brother, and Jonadab is a very wise man,

and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking -- he doth not live;' and Jehu hath done it in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

Children of this

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

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

In

For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Peter saith to him, 'From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, 'Then are the sons free;

Children of light

while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

and ye are a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

General references

then the soldiers did cut off the ropes of the boat, and suffered it to fall off.

But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;

all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,