Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. Treasury of Scripture i saw Ecclesiastes 7:11,12 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun... Ecclesiastes 9:16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. Proverbs 4:5-7 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth... Proverbs 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! Malachi 3:18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not. Malachi 4:1,2 For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly... that wisdom excelleth folly or that there is an excellency in wisdom more than in folly light Ecclesiastes 11:7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: Psalm 119:105,130 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path... Proverbs 4:18,19 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day... Matthew 6:23 But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness... Luke 11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed... Ephesians 5:8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Context The Wise and the Foolish
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done. 13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. 14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happens to them all. 15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dies the wise man? as the fool. 17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness.
Darby Bible Translation
And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.
King James Bible
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Young's Literal Translation
And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom above folly, like the advantage of the light above the darkness.
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