Daniel 1:17

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.

Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, and after you none will arise like you.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.

on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,

But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic.

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,

Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.

Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”

So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.

“The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”

“For I, Yahweh, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

The thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spoke no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land in which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad lived.

Yahweh gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.

May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”

Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.

The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings, and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding.

He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.

because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

God gave Solomon abundant wisdom and understanding, and very great understanding, even as the sand that is on the seashore.

He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

In every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?”

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

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 justice.

For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them;”

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare. He understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”

therefore wisdom and knowledge is granted to you. I will give you riches, wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had who have been before you had, and none after you will have.”

All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

For his God instructs him in right judgment and teaches him.

behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;

Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king’s gate.

I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you.

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.