Quotes About Insight

Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.

As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.

So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.

When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.

“O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery baffles you. So explain to me the visions I saw in my dream, and their interpretation.

As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.

There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the days of your father he was found to have insight, intelligence, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners. Your own father, the king,

I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you have insight, intelligence, and extraordinary wisdom.

But I have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Therefore, if you can read this inscription and give me its interpretation, you will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around your neck, and you will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:

And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”

He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: “O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.

Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.

Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.

“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.