Daniel 1:4

Free Bible Version

“They are to be young men without any physical defect who are good-looking,” he said. “They must be well-educated, quick to learn, have good insight, and be well able to serve in the king's palace and be taught the literature and language of Babylon.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty when he started working for Pharaoh, king of Egypt. After he had left Pharaoh, Joseph traveled on an inspection tour throughout Egypt.

2 Samuel 14:25

Absalom was admired as the most handsome man in the whole of Israel. He didn't have a single blemish from head to toe.

Proverbs 22:29

If you see someone skilled in what they do, they'll work for kings and not for ordinary people.

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom gives a wise person greater power than ten town councilors.

Isaiah 36:11

Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah, said to the army general, “Please speak to us, your servants, in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew while the people on the wall are listening.”

Jeremiah 5:15

Look! I am bringing a nation from far away to attack you, people of Israel, declares the Lord. It's a powerful nation that has existed for a long time; it's a nation whose language you don't know, and when they speak you can't understand them.

Daniel 2:10

The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth could tell the king what he dreamed! Never before has a king, however great and powerful, demanded this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!

Daniel 2:2

So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. They came in and stood before him.

Daniel 3:8

Right then some of the astrologers came forward and made accusations against the Jews.

Daniel 4:7

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in I told them the dream, but they couldn't explain to me what it meant.

Daniel 5:11

There's a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In your father's time he was found to have understanding and insight, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your Majesty's father, King Nebuchadnezzar put him in charge of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your father did this

Daniel 5:7

The king shouted, “Bring in the enchanters and astrologers and diviners!” He told these wise men of Babylon, “Anyone who can read this writing and explain it to me will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 9:1

It was the first year of Darius the Mede, son of Ahasuerus, after he had become king of the Babylonians.

Zechariah 2:4

and told him, “Run, and tell the young man that Jerusalem will have so many people and farm animals that it will be too big to have walls.”

Acts 7:20

It was at this time that Moses was born. He was a handsome child, and for three months he was looked after in his father's home.

Acts 7:22

Moses received instruction in all areas of Egyptian knowledge, and he became a powerful speaker and leader.

Ephesians 5:27

so that he could make the church his own, with no flaw or blemish or any kind of fault, but holy and blameless.

Judges 8:18

Then Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What were they like, the men you killed at Tabor?” “They looked like you,” they answered. “Each of them had the stature of a prince.”