There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord.

to show you true and reliable words, so that you may give accurate answers to those who sent you?

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar.

under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.

Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.

An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.

Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.

They are regarded as ‘rejected silver’ because the Lord rejects them.”

In the seventh month of that very same year the prophet Hananiah died.

For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’

Then some men from Israel’s elders came to me and sat down in front of me.

You will be profaned within yourself in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Now Daniel lived on until the first year of Cyrus the king.

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.

Now all of this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.