Daniel 1:20

Bible in Basic English 1965

And in any business needing wisdom and good sense, about which the king put questions to them, he saw that they were ten times better than all the wonder-workers and users of secret arts in all his kingdom.

Cross References

Genesis 31:7

But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

Genesis 41:8

And in the morning his spirit was troubled; and he sent for all the wise men of Egypt and all the holy men, and put his dream before them, but no one was able to give him the sense of it.

Nehemiah 4:12

And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.

Job 19:3

Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

Psalm 119:99

I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.

Exodus 7:22

And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:19

Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 8:7

And the wonder-workers did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up over the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 19:3

And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

Ezekiel 28:3

See, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret which is deeper than your knowledge:

Daniel 1:17

Now as for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and made them expert in all book-learning and wisdom: and Daniel was wise in all visions and dreams.

Daniel 2:13

So the order went out that the wise men were to be put to death; and they were looking for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

Daniel 2:21

By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:

Daniel 5:17

Then Daniel made answer and said to the king, Keep your offerings for yourself, and give your rewards to another; but I, after reading the writing to the king, will give him the sense of it.

Numbers 14:22

Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;