Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.

In the second year of [his] reign Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.

And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

I saw a vision and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Belteshazzar answered and said, [My] lord, let the dream concern those that hate you, and the interpretation of it to your enemies.

Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his hips were loosed, and his knees knocked one another.

This is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance was changed: but I kept the matter in my heart.

And I, Daniel, fell asleep, and was sick. Then I arose, and did the king's business; and I was astonished by the vision, and there was none that understood [it].

I watched, and my belly trembled at the sound of the prayer of my lips, and trembling entered into my bones, and my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, from going up to the people of my sojourning.

But Pharaoh called together the wise men of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers, also of the Egyptians, [and they] did likewise with their sorceries.

And the charmers also of the Egyptians did so with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, even as the Lord said.

And the charmers of the Egyptians also did likewise with their sorceries, and brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt.

And the charmers also did so with their sorceries, to bring forth the lice, but they could not. And the lice were both on the men and on the beasts.

So the charmers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord said.

And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt.

You shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.

And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set My face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.

And when you shall have entered into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations.

employing an incantation, or one who has in him a divining spirit, or an observer of signs who questions the dead.

You shall be perfect before the Lord your God.

And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly; shall not a nation diligently seek their God? Why do they look to the dead concerning the living?

And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel; and they shall inquire of their gods and their images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

Therefore behold, I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them; and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent.

Stand now with your enchantments, and with the abundance of your sorcery, which you have learned from your youth; if you can be profited.

You are wearied in your counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver you, let them that see the stars tell you what is about to come upon you.

And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.

And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.

So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, [and] Chaldeans came in, and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation;

And the king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers. And he said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [there shall be] a golden chain upon his neck, and he shall be the third ruler in my kingdom.

There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the Spirit of God; and in the days of your father watchfulness and understanding were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father made him chief of the enchanters, magicians, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers.

And also some of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. And some were saying, "What does this seed-picker wish to say?" But others [said], "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities," because he was preaching the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East arrived in Jerusalem,

And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in words and deeds.

And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them with God? Therefore tell them to me.

frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth:

who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty.

The Lord is the strength of them that fear Him; and His covenant is to manifest [truth] to them.

And the princes of Tanis shall be fools; [as for] the king's wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly; how will you say to the king, we are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up [with pride], and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

Therefore behold, I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them; and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent.

And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, [saying], O king, live forever: tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.

But if you make known to me the dream, and the interpretation thereof, you shall receive from me gifts and presents and much honor: only tell me the dream, and its interpretation.

And the king answered and said, I verily know that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the thing has gone from me.

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king's matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.

Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing, nor make known its interpretation to the king.

For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent I will annul."

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

and again, "The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are useless."