Daniel 2:18
and to seek mercies from before the God of the heavens concerning this secret, that they do not destroy Daniel and his companions with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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Genesis 18:28perhaps there are lacking five of the fifty righteous—do You destroy for five the whole of the city?” And He says, “I do not destroy [it], if I find there forty-five.”
Esther 4:15And Esther commands to send back to Mordecai:
Psalms 91:15He calls Me, and I answer him, || I [am] with him in distress, || I deliver him, and honor him.
Proverbs 3:5Trust to YHWH with all your heart, || And do not lean to your own understanding.
Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I answer you, indeed, I declare to you great and inaccessible things—you have not known them.
Malachi 3:18And you have turned back and considered, || Between the righteous and the wicked, || Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.”
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 →