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Daniel 12:3

Those 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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In The King James Version

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

In Context

2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

4But you, Daniel, close up these words; keep the book sealed until the time of the end. Many will run here and there, and knowledge will increase.”

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Cross References

Judges 5:31So may all your enemies perish, Yahweh! 1 But your friends be like the sun when it rises in its might.” Then the land had peace for forty years.

Proverbs 4:18But the path of righteous people is like the first light that grows brighter; 1 it shines more and more until the fullness of the day comes. 1

Ecclesiastes 12:9The Teacher was wise and he taught the people knowledge. He studied and contemplated and set in order many proverbs.

Daniel 11:33The wise among the people will make many understand. But they will stumble by the sword and by flame; they will stumble into captivity and into being robbed for days.

Matthew 13:43Then will the righteous people shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him listen.

Matthew 24:45So who is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has set over his household in order to give them their food at the right time?

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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