Daniel 2:21

God Reveals Nebuchadnezzar's Dream

²⁰ Daniel {said}: "Let his name, [the name] of God, be blessed {throughout the ages}, for the wisdom and the power {are his}. ²¹ And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding. ²² He reveals the deep and the hidden things; he knows what [is] in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

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Daniel 7:25

And he will speak words against the Most High, and he will wear out [the] holy ones of the Most High, and he will attempt to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand for a time and two times and half a time.

Job 12:18

He loosens [the] fetters of kings, and he binds a loincloth on their loins.

Daniel 2:9

for if you [do] not make the dream known to me, {your verdict is fixed}, and you have conspired to say lying and deceitful word to me until the {circumstances} will change. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can tell me its explanation."

Daniel 4:17

The sentence [is] by [the] decree of [the] watchers, and the decision [by] [the] command of [the] holy [ones], {in order that} the living will know that the Most High [is] sovereign over [the] kingdom of humankind, and {to whomever} he wills he gives it, and he [even] sets [the] humblest of men over it."

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask for [it] from God, who gives to all without reservation and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

1 Kings 4:29

God gave wisdom to Solomon and very great discernment, as well as {breadth of understanding}, as the sand which is on the edge of the seashore.

Daniel 4:32

and you will be driven away from {human society} and your dwelling [will be] with the animals of the field and they will cause you to graze [the] grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High [is] sovereign over the kingdom of humankind and that he gives it to whom he wills.'

Exodus 31:3

And I have filled him [with] the Spirit of God, with wisdom and with skill and with knowledge and with every [kind of] craftsmanship,

Exodus 31:6

And, look, I have given with him Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, and I have put skill in the heart of all [the] skilled of heart, and they will make all that I have commanded you--

1 Samuel 2:7-8

Yahweh makes poor and makes rich; he brings low and also exalts.

1 Kings 3:8-12

Your servant [is] in the middle of your people whom you have chosen; a great people who cannot be counted or numbered because of abundance.

1 Kings 3:28

When all of Israel heard the judgment that the king had rendered, they {stood in awe} of the king, because they realized that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.

1 Kings 10:24

All of the earth [was] seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may Yahweh give to you understanding and insight that he might give you charge over Israel and the keeping of the law of Yahweh your God.

1 Chronicles 29:30

with all [the accounts of] his kingdom, his power, and the times that came upon him, and upon Israel, and upon all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Chronicles 1:10-12

Now, give to me wisdom and knowledge that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can judge this, your great people?"

Esther 1:13

And the king said to the wise men, {the ones who know the times}--for it [was] the procedure of the king before all those who knew law and rights;

Job 34:24-29

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.

Psalm 31:14-15

But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my God."

Psalm 75:5-7

Do not lift up high your horn. Do [not] speak with {arrogant pride}.'"

Psalm 113:7-8

[He] raises [the] helpless from [the] dust; he lifts [the] needy from [the] ash heap,

Proverbs 2:6-7

For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 8:15-16

By me kings reign, and rulers decree righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

For everything there [is] an appointed time, a time for every matter under heaven:

Jeremiah 27:5-7

"I have made the earth with humankind and animals that [are] on the face of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever is right in my eyes.

Daniel 11:6

And at [the] end of [some] years they will make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make a peace treaty, but {she will not retain her position of power}, and his offspring will not endure, and she will be given up, she and her attendants and her child supporting her, in those times.

Luke 1:51-52

He has done a mighty deed with his arm; he has dispersed the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

Luke 21:15

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all your opponents will not be able to resist or contradict.

Acts 13:21-22

And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, [for] forty years.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.

James 3:15-17

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but [is] earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Revelation 19:16

And he has a name written on his outer garment and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."