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Dan 2:30 — But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

this secret		Gen 41:16; Act 3:12; 1Cr 15:8-12
but		Dan 2:17,18,49; Isa 43:3,4; Isa 45:4; Mat 24:22; Mar 13:20; Rom 8:28; 1Cr 3:21-23; 2Cr 4:15
their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king		or, the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king.
and		Dan 2:47

Correlating Passages

this secret

	Gen 41:16	And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
	Act 3:12	And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
	1Cr 15:8	And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
	1Cr 15:9	For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
	1Cr 15:10	But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
	1Cr 15:11	Therefore whether [it were] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
	1Cr 15:12	Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

but

	Dan 2:17	Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
	Dan 2:18	That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise [men] of Babylon.
	Dan 2:49	Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel [sat] in the gate of the king.
	Isa 43:3	For I [am] the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt [for] thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
	Isa 43:4	Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
	Isa 45:4	For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
	Mat 24:22	And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
	Mar 13:20	And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
	Rom 8:28	And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
	1Cr 3:21	Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
	1Cr 3:22	Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
	1Cr 3:23	And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.
	2Cr 4:15	For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.

and

Dan 2:47

The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth [it is], that your God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

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Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 2:30," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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