Daniel 1:4

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Daniel 1:4

young men without any physical defect, good-looking, suitable for instruction in all wisdom, knowledgeable, perceptive, and capable of serving in the king’s palace—and to teach them the Chaldean language and literature.

2 Samuel 14:25

No man in all Israel was as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

Daniel 5:11

There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your predecessor he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods. Your predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the diviners, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. Your own predecessor, the king,

Leviticus 24:19-20

If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him:

Leviticus 21:18-21

No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

Judges 8:18

He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?”

“They were like you,” they said. “Each resembled the son of a king.”

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.

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Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger
than ten rulers of a city.

Daniel 1:17-20

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.

Daniel 2:2

So the king gave orders to summon the diviner-priests, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

Daniel 2:4-5

The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic begins here): “May the king live forever. Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Daniel 2:10

The Chaldeans answered the king, “No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any diviner-priest, medium, or Chaldean.

Daniel 2:20-21

and declared:

May the name of God
be praised forever and ever,
for wisdom and power belong to Him.

Daniel 3:8

Some Chaldeans took this occasion to come forward and maliciously accuse the Jews.

Daniel 4:7

When the diviner-priests, mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

Daniel 5:7

The king called out to bring in the mediums, Chaldeans, and astrologers. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and gives me its interpretation will be clothed in purple, have a gold chain around his neck, and have the third highest position in the kingdom.”

Acts 7:20

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,

Acts 7:22

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

Ephesians 5:27

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

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Summary

Daniel 1:4

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

In whom

And skilful

Ability

Daniel 1:17

Proverbs 22:29

Bible References

In whom

No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him:

He asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?”

“They were like you,” they said. “Each resembled the son of a king.”

No man in all Israel was as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months,

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

And skilful

and declared:

May the name of God
be praised forever and ever,
for wisdom and power belong to Him.

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger
than ten rulers of a city.

So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.

Ability

God gave these four young men knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. Daniel also understood visions and dreams of every kind.

Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.

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