Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also considered that one event happens to them all.

These things we also speak, not in words which human wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

But he who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one.

And they said to him, We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter. So Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is someone besides me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,

to understand a proverb and an enigma; the words of the wise, and their difficult sayings.

But there is a God in Heaven who reveals secrets, and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living man, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your heart.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, have seen this dream. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known the interpretation to me. But you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stunned for a time, and his thoughts troubled him. So the king spoke and said, O Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, may the dream be to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!

knowing this first, that not any of the prophecies of Scripture came into being from personal exposition,

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (the two tablets of the Testimony being in Moses' hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while He spoke with him.

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

Exalt her, and she will lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.

She shall bestow a wreath of grace upon your head; she shall give you a crown of glory.

Wisdom is before him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

And all who sat in the council, gazing at him, saw his face as if it were the face of an angel.

a nation of fierce countenance, which does not regard the face of the old nor show favor to the young.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they understood that they were with Jesus.

And now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your Word with all boldness,

and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the preaching of the message might be fulfilled through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.