Verse 17

Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 5:16 : 16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
• 2 Kgs 5:26 : 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
• Ps 119:46 : 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
• Dan 2:6 : 6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
• Dan 5:29 : 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Acts 8:20 : 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
• Gen 14:23 : 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
• 2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.