Daniel 1:20 Cross References
Daniel 1:20
20: In all matters requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, the king found the advice of these young men to be ten times better than that of all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
1 Kings 4:29
- God gave Solomon great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge too vast to be measured.
- In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men of the East and the wise men of Egypt.
- He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda--the sons of Mahol. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
- He composed some 3,000 proverbs and wrote 1,005 songs.
- He could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
Genesis 41:8
- The next morning, as he thought about it, Pharaoh became very concerned as to what the dreams might mean. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt and told them about his dreams, but not one of them could suggest what they meant.
Isaiah 47:12
- "Call out the demon hordes you have worshiped all these years. Ask them to help you strike terror into the hearts of people once again.
- You have more than enough advisers, astrologers, and stargazers. Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
- But they are as useless as dried grass burning in a fire. They cannot even save themselves! You will get no help from them at all. Their hearth is not a place to sit for warmth.
Exodus 8:19
- "This is the finger of God!" the magicians exclaimed to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh's heart remained hard and stubborn. He wouldn't listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
Genesis 31:7
- but he has tricked me, breaking his wage agreement with me again and again. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.
Numbers 14:22
- not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they tested me by refusing to listen.
Exodus 7:22
- But again the magicians of Egypt used their secret arts, and they, too, turned water into blood. So Pharaoh's heart remained hard and stubborn. He refused to listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had predicted.
Nehemiah 4:12
- The Jews who lived near the enemy came and told us again and again, "They will come from all directions and attack us!"
Isaiah 19:3
- The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom. They will call on spirits, mediums, and psychics to show them which way to turn.
Daniel 2:13
- And because of the king's decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.
1 Kings 10:23
- So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king in all the earth.
- People from every nation came to visit him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.
Job 19:3
- Ten times now you have meant to insult me. You should be ashamed of dealing with me so harshly.
Exodus 8:7
- But the magicians were able to do the same thing with their secret arts. They, too, caused frogs to come up on the land.
Daniel 5:17
- Daniel answered the king, "Keep your gifts or give them to someone else, but I will tell you what the writing means.
Daniel 2:27
- Daniel replied, "There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can tell the king such things.
- But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
Daniel 4:7
- When all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not tell me what it meant.
- At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
- "I said to him, `O Belteshazzar, master magician, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too great for you to solve. Now tell me what my dream means.
- " `While I was lying in my bed, this is what I dreamed. I saw a large tree in the middle of the earth.
- The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
2 Timothy 3:8
- And these teachers fight the truth just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses. Their minds are depraved, and their faith is counterfeit.
- But they won't get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as happened with Jannes and Jambres.
Exodus 7:11
- Then Pharaoh called in his wise men and magicians, and they did the same thing with their secret arts.
- Their staffs became snakes, too! But then Aaron's snake swallowed up their snakes.
Daniel 5:7
- The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He said to these wise men of Babylon, "Whoever can read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in purple robes of royal honor and will wear a gold chain around his neck. He will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom!"
- But when all the king's wise men came in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant.
Psalms 119:99
- Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your decrees.
1 Kings 10:1
- When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's reputation, which brought honor to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
- She arrived in Jerusalem with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, huge quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, they talked about everything she had on her mind.
- Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
Daniel 2:2
- He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers, and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king,
- he said, "I have had a dream that troubles me. Tell me what I dreamed, for I must know what it means."
- Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, "Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means."
- But the king said to the astrologers, "I am serious about this. If you don't tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be demolished into heaps of rubble!
- But if you tell me what I dreamed and what the dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors. Just tell me the dream and what it means!"
Daniel 2:21
- He determines the course of world events; he removes kings and sets others on the throne. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.