Daniel 1:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Genesis 31:7

and that he keeps cheating me by changing my wages time after time. But God has protected me.

Genesis 41:8

The next morning the king was upset. So he called in his magicians and wise men and told them what he had dreamed. None of them could tell him what the dreams meant.

Nehemiah 4:12

On at least ten different occasions, the Jews living near our enemies warned us against attacks from every side,

Job 19:3

Isn't ten times enough for you to accuse me? Aren't you ashamed?

Psalm 119:99

Thinking about your teachings gives me better understanding than my teachers,

Exodus 7:22

But the Egyptian magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing. The king did just as the LORD had said—he stubbornly refused to listen.

Exodus 8:19

The magicians told the king, “God has done this.” But, as the LORD had said, the king was too stubborn to listen.

Exodus 8:7

But the magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing.

Isaiah 19:3

“Egypt will be discouraged when I confuse their plans. They will try to get advice from their idols, from the spirits of the dead, and from fortune-tellers.

Ezekiel 28:3

You think you're wiser than Danieland know everything.

Daniel 1:17

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

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.

Daniel 5:17

Daniel answered: Your Majesty, I will read the writing and tell you what it means. But you may keep your gifts or give them to someone else.

Numbers 14:22

I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.