Daniel 2:9

Good News Translation (US Version)

to give all of you the same punishment if you don't tell me the dream. You have agreed among yourselves to go on telling me lies because you hope that in time things will change. Tell me what the dream was, and then I will know that you can also tell me what it means.”

Cross References

Daniel 7:25

He will speak against the Supreme God and oppress God's people. He will try to change their religious laws and festivals, and God's people will be under his power for three and a half years.

Daniel 2:21

He controls the times and the seasons; he makes and unmakes kings; it is he who gives wisdom and understanding.

Isaiah 41:23

Tell us what the future holds— then we will know that you are gods! Do something good or bring some disaster; fill us with fear and awe!

Esther 4:11

“If anyone, man or woman, goes to the inner courtyard and sees the king without being summoned, that person must die. That is the law; everyone, from the king's advisers to the people in the provinces, knows that. There is only one way to get around this law: if the king holds out his gold scepter to someone, then that person's life is spared. But it has been a month since the king sent for me.”

Daniel 5:28

divisions, your kingdom is divided up and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 3:15

Now then, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, oboes, lyres, zithers, harps, and all the other instruments, bow down and worship the statue. If you do not, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. Do you think there is any god who can save you?”

Ezekiel 13:6

Their visions are false, and their predictions are lies. They claim that they are speaking my message, but I have not sent them. Yet they expect their words to come true!

Isaiah 44:25

I make fools of fortunetellers and frustrate the predictions of astrologers. The words of the wise I refute and show that their wisdom is foolishness.

2 Corinthians 2:17

We are not like so many others, who handle God's message as if it were cheap merchandise; but because God has sent us, we speak with sincerity in his presence, as servants of Christ.

Daniel 5:31

and Darius the Mede, who was then sixty-two years old, seized the royal power.

Ezekiel 13:19

You dishonor me in front of my people in order to get a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. You kill people who don't deserve to die, and you keep people alive who don't deserve to live. So you tell lies to my people, and they believe you.”

Ezekiel 13:17

The Lord said, “Now, mortal man, look at the women among your people who make up predictions. Denounce them

Proverbs 12:19

A lie has a short life, but truth lives on forever.

1 Kings 22:22

‘How?’ the Lord asked. The spirit replied, ‘I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.’ The Lord said, ‘Go and deceive him. You will succeed.’”

1 Kings 22:6

So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, “Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?” “Attack it,” they answered. “The Lord will give you victory.”

Daniel 2:8

At that, the king exclaimed, “Just as I thought! You are trying to gain time, because you see that I have made up my mind

Daniel 2:16

Daniel went at once and obtained royal permission for more time, so that he could tell the king what the dream meant.