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Dan 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

let		Gen 41:33-37; Psa 119:46; Act 24:25; 2Cr 5:11
break		Job 34:31,32; Pro 16:6; Pro 28:13; Isa 55:6,7; Eze 18:21,27-32; Mat 3:8; Act 8:22; Act 26:20; Jam 4:8-10; 1Pe 4:8
by shewing		Psa 41:1-3; Isa 58:5-7,10-12; Eze 18:7; Luk 11:41; Act 10:2-4; Gal 5:6,13,22; Eph 4:28
if it		1Ki 21:29; Joe 2:14; Jon 3:9; Zep 2:2,3
lengthening of thy tranquillity		or, healing of thine error.

Correlating Passages

let

	Gen 41:33	Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
	Gen 41:34	Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
	Gen 41:35	And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
	Gen 41:36	And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
	Gen 41:37	And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
	Psa 119:46	I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
	Act 24:25	And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
	2Cr 5:11	Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

break

	Job 34:31	Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]:
	Job 34:32	[That which] I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
	Pro 16:6	By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
	Pro 28:13	He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
	Isa 55:6	Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Eze 18:21	But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
	Eze 18:27	Again, when the wicked [man] turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
	Eze 18:28	Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
	Eze 18:29	Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
	Eze 18:30	Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
	Eze 18:31	Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
	Eze 18:32	For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye.
	Mat 3:8	Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
	Act 8:22	Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
	Act 26:20	But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
	Jam 4:8	Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
	Jam 4:9	Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
	Jam 4:10	Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
	1Pe 4:8	And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

by shewing

	Psa 41:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
	Psa 41:2	The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
	Psa 41:3	The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
	Isa 58:5	Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? [is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
	Isa 58:6	[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
	Isa 58:7	[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
	Isa 58:10	And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
	Isa 58:11	And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
	Isa 58:12	And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
	Eze 18:7	And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
	Luk 11:41	But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
	Act 10:2	[A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
	Act 10:3	He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
	Act 10:4	And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
	Gal 5:6	For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
	Gal 5:13	For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
	Gal 5:22	But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
	Eph 4:28	Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

if it

	1Ki 21:29	Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: [but] in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
	Joe 2:14	Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
	Jon 3:9	Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
	Zep 2:2	Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
	Zep 2:3	Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

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Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 4:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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