Daniel 1:4
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4 youths without (A)blemish, of good appearance and (B)skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to (C)teach them the literature and language of the (D)Chaldeans.
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Daniel 5:11
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11 There is a man in your kingdom (A)in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.[a] In the days of your father, (B)light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—(C)made him chief of the magicians, (D)enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,
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- Daniel 5:11 Or Spirit of the holy God
Acts 7:22
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22 And Moses (A)was instructed in (B)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (C)mighty in his words and deeds.
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Proverbs 22:29
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29 Do you see a man skillful in his work?
He will (A)stand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.
2 Samuel 14:25
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25 Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. (A)From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
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Daniel 2:10
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10 (A)The Chaldeans answered the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand, for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or (B)Chaldean.
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Daniel 1:17-20
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17 As for these four youths, (A)God gave them learning and (B)skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had (C)understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 At the end of (D)the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore (E)they stood before the king. 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all (F)the magicians and (G)enchanters that were in all his kingdom.
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Leviticus 24:19-20
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19 If anyone injures his neighbor, (A)as he has done it shall be done to him, 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
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Leviticus 21:18-21
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18 For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man (A)blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face (B)or a limb too long, 19 or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand, 20 or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a (C)defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or (D)crushed testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to (E)offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
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Acts 7:20
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20 (A)At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house,
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Daniel 5:7
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7 (A)The king called loudly to bring in (B)the enchanters, the (C)Chaldeans, and (D)the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, (E)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (F)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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- Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10
Daniel 4:7
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7 Then (A)the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but (B)they could not make known to me its interpretation.
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Daniel 2:20-21
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Ecclesiastes 7:19
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19 (A)Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
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Judges 8:18
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18 Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where are the men whom you killed at (A)Tabor?” They answered, “As you are, so were they. Every one of them resembled the son of a king.”
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Ephesians 5:27
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27 so (A)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, (B)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a]
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- Ephesians 5:27 Or holy and blameless
Daniel 3:8
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The Fiery Furnace
8 Therefore at that time certain (A)Chaldeans (B)came forward and maliciously accused the Jews.
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Daniel 2:4-5
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4 Then (A)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (B)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to (C)the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be (D)torn limb from limb, (E)and your (F)houses shall be laid in ruins.
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- Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
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