Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

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In The King James Version

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

In Context

1“At that time Michael, the great prince who guards your people, will rise up. There will be a time of trouble such as never was since the beginning of any nation until that time. At that time your people will be saved, everyone whose name is found written in the book.

3Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky above, and those who turn many to righteousness, are like the stars forever and ever.

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Cross References

Proverbs 12:8A person is praised by how much wisdom he has, 1 but the one who makes perverse choices is despised. 1

Isaiah 66:24They will go out and see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me, 1 for the worms that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not be quenched; 1 and it will be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

Ezekiel 37:1The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of Yahweh and set me down in the midst of a valley; it was full of bones.

Hosea 13:14Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol? 1 Will I rescue them from death? 1 Where, death, are your plagues? 1 Where, Sheol, is your destruction? 1 Compassion is hidden from my eyes.” 1

Matthew 25:46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 11:23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:2-5

The Promised Appearance of Michael; The Prophecy Sealed Up. ( b. c. 534.) 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting… Read the whole commentary →

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