19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Justice and Mercy
• Light and Darkness
• Wisdom

• The Unjust Steward

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 3:18 — Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
• 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
• 1John 4:5 — They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
• 1Thess 5:5 — Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
• 1Thess 5:5 — Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
• 2Sam 13:3 — But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
• 2Sam 17:14 — And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the inte
• Acts 12:20 — And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country wa
• Acts 27:32 — Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
• Col 3:2 — Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
• Eph 2:2 — Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
• Eph 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Eph 5:8 — For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
• Exod 1:10 — Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of t
• Gen 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
• Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• John 12:36 — While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
• John 12:36 — While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
• Josh 9:4 — They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
• Luke 16:4 — I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
• Luke 16:10 — He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
• Luke 20:34 — And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
• Luke 20:34 — And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
• Phil 3:7 — But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
• Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• Prov 2:4 — If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
• Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
• Prov 12:8 — A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
• Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
• Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
• Ps 49:10 — For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.