Verse 3

Nowe this Daniel was preferred aboue the princes and gouerners, for the spirite of God was plenteous in him: so that the king was minded to set him ouer the whole realme.

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 5:12 : 12 Because that such an aboundaunt spirite, knowledge, and vnderstanding, to expound dreames, to open secretes, & to declare harde doubtes, was founde in him, yea euen in Daniel, whom the king named Baltassar: let Daniel be called, and he shal declare the interpretation.
  • Dan 5:14 : 14 I haue hearde of thee, that thou hast the spirite of the holy gods, & that light and vnderstanding, and excellent wysdome is founde in thee.
  • Esth 10:3 : 3 For Mardocheus the Iewe, was the second next vnto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Iewes, and accepted among the multitude of his brethren, as one that seeketh the wealth of his people, and speaketh peaceably for all his seede.
  • Gen 41:38-41 : 38 Then saide Pharao vnto his seruauntes: May there be founde a man suche as this is, in whom the spirite of God is? 39 And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee. 40 Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordyng to thy worde shall all my people be ruled: only in the kynges seate wyll I be aboue thee. 41 And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue set thee ouer all the lande of Egypt.
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 And I commaunded my brother Hanani, and Hanania the ruler of the castle at Hierusalem, (for he was a faithfull man, and feared God more then did many other)
  • Dan 9:23 : 23 At the beginning of thy supplications, the commaundement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision.
  • Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?
  • Eccl 2:13 : 13 And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
  • Prov 3:3-4 : 3 Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart: 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
  • Prov 17:27 : 27 A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite.