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Daniel 2:21–22

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And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
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From verse 21

  1. Psalms 75:5–7Rank 1 from verse 21
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    5Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

    6For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

    7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  2. Psalms 31:14–15Rank 2 from verse 21
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    14But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my God.

    15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  3. Psalms 113:7–8Rank 3 from verse 21
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    7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

    8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

  4. Daniel 4:17Rank 4 from verse 21
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    17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.

  5. Daniel 7:25Rank 5 from verse 21
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    25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  6. James 3:15–17Rank 6 from verse 21
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    15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

    17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  7. Daniel 4:32Rank 7 from verse 21
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    32And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

  8. Job 34:24–29Rank 8 from verse 21
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    24He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

    25Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

    26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

    27Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

    29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  9. Proverbs 8:15–16Rank 9 from verse 21
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    15By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

    16By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

  10. 2 Chronicles 1:10–12Rank 10 from verse 21
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    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

    12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

  11. Acts 13:21–22Rank 11 from verse 21
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    21And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.

    22And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

  12. Luke 1:51–52Rank 12 from verse 21
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    51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

    52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

  13. Job 12:18Rank 13 from verse 21
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    18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.

  14. 1 Kings 4:29Rank 14 from verse 21
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    29¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

  15. Jeremiah 27:5–7Rank 15 from verse 21
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    5I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

    6And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

    7And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

  16. Luke 21:15Rank 16 from verse 21
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    15For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

  17. 1 Samuel 2:7–8Rank 17 from verse 21
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    7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

    8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

  18. James 1:17Rank 18 from verse 21
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  19. James 1:5Rank 19 from verse 21
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    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  20. Proverbs 2:6–7Rank 20 from verse 21
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    6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

    7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

  21. 1 Kings 3:28Rank 21 from verse 21
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    28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

  22. 1 Kings 3:8–12Rank 22 from verse 21
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    8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

    9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

    10And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

    11And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

    12Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

  23. Exodus 31:3Rank 23 from verse 21
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    3And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,

  24. 1 Chronicles 22:12Rank 24 from verse 21
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    12Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord thy God.

  25. 1 Corinthians 1:30Rank 25 from verse 21
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    30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

  26. Daniel 2:9Rank 26 from verse 21
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    9But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

  27. 1 Chronicles 29:30Rank 27 from verse 21
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    30With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

  28. 1 Kings 10:24Rank 28 from verse 21
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    24¶ And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

  29. Ecclesiastes 3:1–8Rank 29 from verse 21
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    1TO every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

    2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

    3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

    4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

    5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

    6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

    7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

    8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

  30. Daniel 11:6Rank 30 from verse 21
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    6And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

  31. Exodus 31:6Rank 31 from verse 21
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    6And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;

  32. Revelation 19:16Rank 32 from verse 21
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    16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

  33. Esther 1:13Rank 33 from verse 21
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    13¶ Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

From verse 22

  1. Job 12:22Rank 1 from verse 22
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    22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  2. 1 John 1:5Rank 2 from verse 22
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    5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  3. Jeremiah 23:24Rank 3 from verse 22
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    24Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

  4. James 1:17Rank 4 from verse 22
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    17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  5. Hebrews 4:13Rank 5 from verse 22
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    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  6. Psalms 139:11–12Rank 6 from verse 22
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    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

  7. Psalms 25:14Rank 7 from verse 22
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    14The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

  8. Daniel 5:11Rank 8 from verse 22
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    11There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

  9. 1 Corinthians 2:9–11Rank 9 from verse 22
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    9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

    10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

    11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

  10. 1 Timothy 6:16Rank 10 from verse 22
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    16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

  11. Luke 12:2–3Rank 11 from verse 22
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    2For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

    3Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

  12. Psalms 36:9Rank 12 from verse 22
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    9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

  13. Isaiah 45:7Rank 13 from verse 22
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    7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

  14. Daniel 2:11Rank 14 from verse 22
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    11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

  15. 1 Corinthians 4:5Rank 15 from verse 22
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    5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  16. Daniel 2:28–29Rank 16 from verse 22
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    28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

    29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

  17. Ephesians 3:5Rank 17 from verse 22
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    5Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

  18. Genesis 41:25–28Rank 18 from verse 22
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    25¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

    26The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

    27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

    28This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

  19. Isaiah 41:22Rank 19 from verse 22
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    22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

  20. Job 26:6Rank 20 from verse 22
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    6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

  21. John 8:12Rank 21 from verse 22
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    12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  22. Daniel 5:14Rank 22 from verse 22
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    14I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

  23. John 21:17Rank 23 from verse 22
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    17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

  24. Psalms 104:2Rank 24 from verse 22
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    2Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:

  25. Genesis 37:5–9Rank 25 from verse 22
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    5¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

    6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

    7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

    8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

    9¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

  26. Genesis 41:16Rank 26 from verse 22
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    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

  27. Isaiah 41:26Rank 27 from verse 22
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    26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

  28. Isaiah 42:9Rank 28 from verse 22
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    9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

  29. John 1:9Rank 29 from verse 22
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    9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

  30. John 12:45–46Rank 30 from verse 22
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    45And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

    46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

  31. Matthew 13:13Rank 31 from verse 22
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

  32. Romans 16:25–26Rank 32 from verse 22
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    25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

    26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

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Daniel 2:21

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setteth

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Third-person singular present form of set. Sense 1: To place, fix, appoint, establish, or prescribe. Sense 2: Fixed or determined.

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

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wise

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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

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Daniel 2:22

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deep

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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.

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secret

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1. Hidden, concealed, private, or not openly known. 2. A hidden matter, counsel, or mystery.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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darkness

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Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.

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light

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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.

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2:19¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

2:20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

2:21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

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2:22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

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2:23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.

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