Daniel 2:14

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Daniel 2:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.

14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.

15 “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

16 So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give him the interpretation.

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2 Samuel 20:16

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

2 Samuel 20:17

When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

2 Samuel 20:18

Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

2 Samuel 20:19

I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 20:20

“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

2 Samuel 20:21

That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

Ecclesiastes 9:14

There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

Ecclesiastes 9:17

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

Ecclesiastes 9:18

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Genesis 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

Jeremiah 52:12

On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:14

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.