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Daniel · read by Carter Conlon
83 verses, in order. Only the verses Carter read aloud are shown.
Daniel 1
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But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
Daniel 2
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In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heavenRead from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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and declared: "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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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.Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.Read from KJV · That Thou Mightest Know the Thoughts of Thy Heart
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And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy."Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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The king said to Daniel, "Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery."Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
Daniel 3
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Then the herald loudly proclaimed, "O people of every nation and language, this is what you are commanded:Read from NKJV · Bend, Bow or Burn
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As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.Read from NKJV · Bend, Bow or Burn
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And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace."Read from NKJV · Standing In An Evil Time
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and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?Read from ESV · It's Time to Face the Music
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If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.Read from KJV · It's Time to Face the Music
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But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up."Read from NKJV · The Real Jesus Doesn't Burn
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"Look!" he exclaimed. "I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!"Read from KJV · It's Time to Face the Music
Daniel 4
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This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.'Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity."Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
Daniel 5
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Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,Read from KJV · The Glorying of Leaven
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his face grew pale and his thoughts so alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees knocked together.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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In response, Daniel said to the king, "You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.Read from KJV · A Guiding Voice in the Storm
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Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.Read from KJV · A Guiding Voice in the Storm
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But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Read from KJV · A Guiding Voice in the Storm
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He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.Read from KJV · A Guiding Voice in the Storm
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Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.Read from ESV · Evil Is at the Gate
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PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians."Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.Read from NKJV · Evil Is at the Gate
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and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.Read from ESV · The Party Was Over but Nobody Knew It
Daniel 6
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All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed."Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.Read from KJV · If God Could Keep Me From Trouble, Then Why Doesn't He?
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Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: "May your prosperity abound.Read from NKJV · Bend, Bow or Burn
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I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.Read from NKJV · Bend, Bow or Burn
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He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions."Read from NKJV · Bend, Bow or Burn
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So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.Read from NKJV · If God Could Keep Me From Trouble, Then Why Doesn't He?
Daniel 7
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Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.'Read from KJV · I Will Never Draw Back My Hand
Daniel 9
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In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans —Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, "O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against HimRead from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets.Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands
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All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands to God's Will
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You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands
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So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands to God's Will
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Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.Read from NKJV · Daniel Had a Window
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O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name."Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands to God's Will
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While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands to God's Will
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while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands to God's Will
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He instructed me and spoke with me, saying: "O Daniel, I have come now to give you insight and understanding.Read from KJV · Stretch Out Your Hands to God's Will
Daniel 10
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So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.Read from KJV · The Sudden Appearing of Christ
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"Do not be afraid, Daniel," he said, "for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.Read from NKJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 3
Daniel 11
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With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.Read from KJV · A Word for Those Who Want to Know God
Daniel 12
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Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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"Go on your way, Daniel," he replied, "for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.Read from NKJV · May God Give Us Light
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But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days."Read from NKJV · Does God Have To Hide His Miracles From You？