Daniel 6:4

New American Bible - revised edition

Daniel outshone all the ministers and satraps because an extraordinary spirit was in him, and the king considered setting him over the entire kingdom.

Cross References

Genesis 41:38

“Could we find another like him,” Pharaoh asked his servants, “a man so endowed with the spirit of God?”

Genesis 43:18

But they became apprehensive when they were led to his house. “It must be,” they thought, “on account of the money put back in our bags the first time, that we are taken inside—in order to attack us and take our donkeys and seize us as slaves.”

Proverbs 29:27

An abomination to the just, the evildoer; an abomination to the wicked, one whose way is straight.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Then I saw that all toil and skillful work is the rivalry of one person with another. This also is vanity and a chase after wind.

Jeremiah 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Jeremiah 18:23

But you, Lord, know all their planning for my death. Do not forgive their crime, and their sin do not blot out from your sight! Let them stumble before you, in the time of your anger act against them.

Jeremiah 20:10

Yes, I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he can be tricked; then we will prevail, and take our revenge on him.”

Jeremiah 29:7

Seek the welfare of the city to which I have exiled you; pray for it to the Lord, for upon its welfare your own depends.

Daniel 3:8

At that point, some of the Chaldeans came and accused the Jews

Daniel 5:12

Because this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar, has shown an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and insight in interpreting dreams, explaining riddles and solving problems, let him now be summoned to tell you what this means.”

Daniel 6:22

Daniel answered the king: “O king, live forever!

Matthew 26:4

and they consulted together to arrest Jesus by treachery and put him to death.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that it was out of envy that they had handed him over.

Luke 20:20

They watched him closely and sent agents pretending to be righteous who were to trap him in speech, in order to hand him over to the authority and power of the governor.

Luke 20:26

They were unable to trap him by something he might say before the people, and so amazed were they at his reply that they fell silent. The Question About the Resurrection.

Luke 22:2

and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking a way to put him to death, for they were afraid of the people.

John 19:4

Once more Pilate went out and said to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no guilt in him.”

2 Corinthians 11:12

And what I do I will continue to do, in order to end this pretext of those who seek a pretext for being regarded as we are in the mission of which they boast.

Philippians 2:15

that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world,

1 Timothy 5:14

So I would like younger widows to marry, have children, and manage a home, so as to give the adversary no pretext for maligning us.

Titus 2:8

and sound speech that cannot be criticized, so that the opponent will be put to shame without anything bad to say about us.

1 Peter 2:12

Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that if they speak of you as evildoers, they may observe your good works and glorify God on the day of visitation. Christian Citizens.

1 Peter 3:16

but do it with gentleness and reverence, keeping your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who defame your good conduct in Christ may themselves be put to shame.

Judges 14:4

Now his father and mother did not know that this had been brought about by the Lord, who was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines; for at that time they ruled over Israel.

1 Samuel 12:4

They replied, “You have neither cheated us, nor oppressed us, nor accepted anything from anyone.”

1 Samuel 18:14

and prospered in all his ways, for the Lord was with him.

1 Samuel 22:14

Ahimelech answered the king: “Who among all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your own house?