Verse 3

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.

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 11:33 : 33 Those who are wise among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, [many] days.
  • Matt 13:43 : 43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Dan 11:35 : 35 Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
  • Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
  • Matt 19:28 : 28 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Matt 24:45 : 45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God. 17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."
  • John 4:36 : 36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
  • 1 Cor 3:10 : 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.
  • 1 Cor 15:40-42 : 40 There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. 41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
  • Phil 2:16-17 : 16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain. 17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
  • 1 Thess 2:19-20 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and our joy.
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.
  • 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
  • Rev 1:20 : 20 the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
  • Acts 13:1 : 1 Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.