Daniel 2:18
In order that they might pray for mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret: so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Genesis 18:28Peradventure there will lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou then destroy all the city for the [lack of] these five? And he said, I will not destroy, if I find there forty and five.
Esther 4:15Then said Esther to bring this answer back to Mordecai,
Psalms 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him: with him will I be in distress; I will deliver him, and grant him honor.
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all thy heart: and upon thy own understanding do not rely.
Jeremiah 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will tell thee great and unheard of things, which thou knowest not.
Malachi 3:18And ye shall return, and see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that hath not served him.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:15-24
The Dream Revealed to Daniel; Daniel's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 603.) 14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 2.15 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house,… Read the whole commentary →