Daniel 1:17

Contemporary English Version 1995

God made the four young men smart and wise. They read a lot of books and became well educated. Daniel could also tell the meaning of dreams and visions.

Cross References

James 1:5

If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking.

1 Kings 3:12

So I'll make you wiser than anyone who has ever lived or ever will live.

Daniel 2:21

You control human events— you give rulers their power and take it away, and you are the source of wisdom and knowledge.

Job 32:8

now I truly realize wisdom comes from God.

Daniel 2:23

You are the God who was worshiped by my ancestors. Now I thank you and praise you for making me wise and telling me the king's dream, together with its meaning.”

Colossians 1:9

We have not stopped praying for you since the first day we heard about you. In fact, we always pray that God will show you everything he wants you to do and that you may have all the wisdom and understanding his Spirit gives.

Proverbs 2:6

All wisdom comes from the Lord, and so do common sense and understanding.

Acts 6:10

But they were no match for Stephen, who spoke with the great wisdom that the Spirit gave him.

James 1:17

Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father who created all the lights in the heavens. He is always the same and never makes dark shadows by changing.

Acts 7:22

Moses was given the best education in Egypt. He was a strong man and a powerful speaker.

Daniel 10:1

In the third year of Cyrus the king of Persia, a message came to Daniel from God, and it was explained in a vision. The message was about a dreadful war, and it was true.

Ezekiel 28:3

You think you're wiser than Daniel and know everything.

2 Chronicles 26:5

Zechariah was Uzziah's advisor and taught him to obey God. And so, as long as Zechariah was alive, Uzziah was faithful to God, and God made him successful.

Numbers 12:6

Then after commanding them to listen carefully, he said: “I, the Lord, speak to prophets in visions and dreams.

Acts 7:10

and rescued him from all his troubles. God made him so wise that the Egyptian king Pharaoh thought highly of him. The king even made Joseph governor over Egypt and put him in charge of everything he owned.

Daniel 7:1

Daniel wrote: In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylonia, I had some dreams and visions while I was asleep one night, and I wrote them down. The four winds were stirring up the mighty sea,

Daniel 2:19

In a vision one night, Daniel was shown the dream and its meaning. Then he praised the God who rules from heaven:

Luke 21:15

I will give you the wisdom to know what to say. None of your enemies will be able to oppose you or to say that you are wrong.

Isaiah 28:26

They learn this from their God.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

If we please God, he will make us wise, understanding, and happy. But if we sin, God will make us struggle for a living, then he will give all we own to someone who pleases him. This makes no more sense than chasing the wind.

2 Chronicles 1:10

and make me wise. Give me the knowledge I'll need to be the king of this great nation of yours.

1 Kings 3:28

Everyone in Israel was amazed when they heard how Solomon had made his decision. They realized that God had given him wisdom to judge fairly.

Daniel 8:1

Daniel wrote: In the third year of King Belshazzar of Babylonia, I had a second vision

Daniel 5:14

I was told that the gods have given you special powers and that you are intelligent and very wise.

2 Chronicles 1:12

So I will make you wise and intelligent. But I will also make you richer and more famous than any king before or after you.

Daniel 1:4

The king said, “They must be healthy, handsome, smart, wise, educated, and fit to serve in the royal palace. Teach them how to speak and write our language

Daniel 1:18

At the end of the three-year period set by King Nebuchadnezzar, his chief palace official brought all the young men to him.

Daniel 1:20

From then on, whenever the king asked for advice, he found their wisdom was ten times better than that of any of his other advisors and magicians.

Daniel 2:30

However, you must realize that these mysteries weren't explained to me because I am smarter than everyone else. Instead, it was done so that you would understand what you have seen.

Daniel 4:6

Then I commanded every wise man in Babylonia to appear in my court, so they could explain the meaning of my dream.