Daniel 1:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

For every man to whom in him a blemish shall not come near: a man blind, or lame, or flat-nosed, or stretched out,

And when a man shall give a blemish in his neighbor, as he did so it shall be done to him:

And he will say to Zebah and Zalmunna, Whose the men which ye killed in Tabor? and they will say, As thou, so they; one according to the form of the sons of the king.

And as Absalom there was not a fair man in all Israel to praise greatly: from the sole of his foot and even to his crown, there was not a blemish in him

In which time Moses was born, and he was shrewd to God, who was nourished up three months in his father's house:

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless.

And skilful

Daniel. answered and said, For this the name of God being praised from forever and even to forever: for wisdom and strength are to him:

There is a man in thy kingdom that the spirit of the holy gods in him; and in the days of thy father, his light and his understanding and wisdom according to the wisdom of the gods was found in him; and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king thy father, set him up leader of the sacred scribes, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, the diviners:

Wisdom shall strengthen to the wise one more than ten having power which were in the city.

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in words and in works.

Ability

And these four children, God gave to them knowledge and understanding in all writing and wisdom: and Daniel understood in every vision and dreams.

Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones