Ecclesiastes 2:13

New American Bible - revised edition

And I saw that wisdom has as much profit over folly as light has over darkness.

Cross References

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path.

Psalm 119:130

The revelation of your words sheds light, gives understanding to the simple.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the shrewd enlightens their way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 16:16

How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is preferable to silver.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the ax becomes dull, and the blade is not sharpened, then effort must be increased. But the advantage of wisdom is success.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Light is sweet! and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom is a better defense for the wise than ten princes in the city,

Ecclesiastes 9:16

Though I had said, “Wisdom is better than force,” yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words go unheeded.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.

Malachi 3:18

Then you will again distinguish between the just and the wicked, Between the person who serves God, and the one who does not.

Matthew 6:23

but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be. God and Money.

Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light,