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TSK · Daniel 1:20

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but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me,

Solomon Entertains a Queen When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.

So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us.

I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your rules.

Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful– maybe you will scare away disaster.

So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.

Daniel replied to the king,“The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king.

The king called out loudly to summon the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple and have a golden collar placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom.

And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people– who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith– also oppose the truth.