Daniel 4:27

Good News Translation

So then, Your Majesty, follow my advice. Stop sinning, do what is right, and be merciful to the poor. Then you will continue to be prosperous.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

They said, “Now let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”

1 Kings 21:29

“Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has done this, I will not bring disaster on him during his lifetime; it will be during his son's lifetime that I will bring disaster on Ahab's family.”

Psalm 119:46

I will announce your commands to kings and I will not be ashamed.

Proverbs 11:2

People who are proud will soon be disgraced. It is wiser to be modest.

Proverbs 16:6

Be loyal and faithful, and God will forgive your sin. Obey the Lord and nothing evil will happen to you.

Proverbs 28:13

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you.

Isaiah 10:13

The emperor of Assyria boasts, “I have done it all myself. I am strong and wise and clever. I wiped out the boundaries between nations and took the supplies they had stored. Like a bull I have trampled the people who live there.

Isaiah 47:10

“You felt sure of yourself in your evil; you thought that no one could see you. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray, and you said to yourself, ‘I am God— there is no one else like me.’

Isaiah 47:8

“Listen to this, you lover of pleasure, you that think you are safe and secure. You claim you are as great as God— that there is no one else like you. You thought that you would never be a widow or suffer the loss of your children.

Jeremiah 29:7

Work for the good of the cities where I have made you go as prisoners. Pray to me on their behalf, because if they are prosperous, you will be prosperous too.

Jeremiah 38:20

I said, “You will not be handed over to them. I beg you to obey the Lord's message; then all will go well with you, and your life will be spared.

Ezekiel 18:7

He doesn't cheat or rob anyone. He returns what a borrower gives him as security; he feeds the hungry and gives clothing to the naked.

Ezekiel 29:3

Say that this is what the Sovereign Lord is telling the king of Egypt: I am your enemy, you monster crocodile, lying in the river. You say that the Nile is yours and that you made it.

Ezekiel 29:9

Egypt will become an empty wasteland. Then you will know that I am the Lord. “Because you said that the Nile is yours and you made it,

Joel 2:14

Perhaps the Lord your God will change his mind and bless you with abundant crops. Then you can offer him grain and wine.

Amos 6:13

You brag about capturing the town of Lodebar. You boast, “We were strong enough to take Karnaim.”

Jonah 3:9

Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!”

Habakkuk 1:11

Then they sweep on like the wind and are gone, these men whose power is their god.”

Zephaniah 2:15

That is what will happen to the city that is so proud of its own power and thinks it is safe. Its people think that their city is the greatest in the world. What a desolate place it will become, a place where wild animals will rest! Everyone who passes by will shrink back in horror.

Matthew 3:8

Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins.

Luke 11:41

But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.

Acts 24:25

But as Paul went on discussing about goodness, self-control, and the coming Day of Judgment, Felix was afraid and said, “You may leave now. I will call you again when I get the chance.”

Acts 26:20

First in Damascus and in Jerusalem and then in the whole country of Israel and among the Gentiles, I preached that they must repent of their sins and turn to God and do the things that would show they had repented.

Acts 8:22

Repent, then, of this evil plan of yours, and pray to the Lord that he will forgive you for thinking such a thing as this.

2 Corinthians 5:11

We know what it means to fear the Lord, and so we try to persuade others. God knows us completely, and I hope that in your hearts you know me as well.

Galatians 5:13

As for you, my friends, you were called to be free. But do not let this freedom become an excuse for letting your physical desires control you. Instead, let love make you serve one another.

Galatians 5:22

But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Galatians 5:6

For when we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the lack of it makes any difference at all; what matters is faith that works through love.

Ephesians 4:28

If you used to rob, you must stop robbing and start working, in order to earn an honest living for yourself and to be able to help the poor.

Deuteronomy 24:13

return it to him each evening, so that he can have it to sleep in. Then he will be grateful, and the Lord your God will be pleased with you.

Deuteronomy 32:27

But I could not let their enemies boast that they had defeated my people, when it was I myself who had crushed them.’

Deuteronomy 8:17

So then, you must never think that you have made yourselves wealthy by your own power and strength.

1 Peter 4:8

Above everything, love one another earnestly, because love covers over many sins.