Verse 13

Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun. 12 Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
  • Luke 11:34-35 : 34 The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark. 35 So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom makes a wise man stronger than ten rulers in a town.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
  • Mal 3:18-4:2 : 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not. 1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch. 2 But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The opening of your words gives light; it gives good sense to the simple.
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe. 7 The first sign of wisdom is to get wisdom; go, give all you have to get true knowledge.
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day. 19 The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! and to get knowledge is more to be desired than silver.