Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.
- NASB And those who have insight will shine like the glow of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
- NLT Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.
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The wise will shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever. Faithful witness and teaching lead to eternal glory.
Overview
Those who are wise in God's truth and who lead others to righteousness are promised radiant, everlasting glory. The image of shining like stars reflects the eternal reward of faithful service and witness. This anticipates the New Testament hope that believers will share in glory, and it commends the high calling of turning others to the righteousness found in Christ.
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- Matt 13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
- Prov 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Jas 5:19–20My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
- Dan 11:33Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
- Dan 11:35Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
- Prov 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- John 4:36Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
- Heb 5:12Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- Jer 23:22But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
- John 5:35John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
- Luke 1:16–17Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
- Phil 2:16–17as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
- Eph 4:11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
- 1 Cor 15:40–42There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.
- 1 Cor 3:10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- Rev 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
- 1 Th 2:19–20After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
- 2 Pet 3:15Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
- Matt 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- Matt 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
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