Verse 13

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 7:11-12 : 11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun. 12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
  • Matt 6:23 : 23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  • Luke 11:34-35 : 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
  • Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
  • Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
  • Eccl 9:18 : 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.
  • Eccl 11:7 : 7 Truly the light is sweet, And a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the sun.
  • Mal 3:18-4:2 : 18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him. 1 "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Ps 119:105 : 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, And a light for my path.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.
  • Prov 4:5-7 : 5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth. 6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. 7 Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
  • Prov 4:18-19 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, That shines more and more until the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.