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Dan. 4:27 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break offi thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; ifm it may be λa lengthening of thy tranquillity.

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Isa. 55:7• ⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:7)

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Psa. 41:1‑2• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
²Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies. (Psa. 41:1‑2)

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or, an healing of thine error.

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Gen. 41:33‑37• ³³And now let Pharaoh look himself out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
³⁴Let Pharaoh do this: let him appoint overseers over the land, and take the fifth part of the land of Egypt during the seven years of plenty,
³⁵and let them gather all the food of these coming good years, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, for food in the cities, and keep it.
³⁶And let the food be as store for the land for the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt, that the land perish not through the famine.
³⁷And the word was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his bondmen. (Gen. 41:33‑37)

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Psa. 119:46• ⁴⁶And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed; (Psa. 119:46)

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Acts 24:25• ²⁵And as he reasoned concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix, being filled with fear, answered, Go for the present, and when I get an opportunity I will send for thee; (Acts 24:25)

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2 Cor. 5:11• ¹¹Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have been manifested to God, and I hope also that we have been manifested in your consciences. (2 Cor. 5:11)

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Job 34:31‑32• ³¹For hath he said unto *God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;
³²What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more? (Job 34:31‑32)

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Prov. 16:6• ⁶By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil. (Prov. 16:6)

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Prov. 28:13• ¹³He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy. (Prov. 28:13)

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Isa. 55:6‑7• ⁶Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isa. 55:6‑7)

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Ezek. 18:21,27‑32• ²¹And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.
²⁷And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.
²⁸Because he considereth, and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.
²⁹But the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? Is it not your ways that are unequal?
³⁰Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your snare.
³¹Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?
³²For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah; therefore turn ye and live. (Ezek. 18:21,27‑32)

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Matt. 3:8• ⁸Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance. (Matt. 3:8)

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Acts 8:22• ²²Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and supplicate the Lord, if indeed the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee; (Acts 8:22)

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Acts 26:20• ²⁰but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance. (Acts 26:20)

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James 4:8‑10• ⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
⁹Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you. (James 4:8‑10)

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1 Peter 4:8• ⁸but before all things having fervent love among yourselves, because love covers a multitude of sins; (1 Peter 4:8)

by shewing.

Psa. 41:1‑3• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that understandeth the poor: Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.
²Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
³Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness. (Psa. 41:1‑3)

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Isa. 58:5‑7,10‑12• ⁵Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul,--that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
⁶Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?
⁷Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring to thy house the needy wanderers; when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
¹⁰and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;
¹¹and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a water-spring, whose waters deceive not.
¹²And they that come of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations that have remained from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths. (Isa. 58:5‑7,10‑12)

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Ezek. 18:7• ⁷and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment; (Ezek. 18:7)

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Luke 11:41• ⁴¹But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you. (Luke 11:41)

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Acts 10:2‑4• ²pious, and fearing God with all his house, both giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,
³--saw plainly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius.
⁴But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God. (Acts 10:2‑4)

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Gal. 5:6,13,22• ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any force, nor uncircumcision; but faith working through love.
¹³For *ye* have been called to liberty, brethren; only do not turn liberty into an opportunity to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, fidelity, (Gal. 5:6,13,22)

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Eph. 4:28• ²⁸Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need. (Eph. 4:28)

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1 Kings 21:29• ²⁹Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. (1 Kings 21:29)

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Joel 2:14• ¹⁴Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God? (Joel 2:14)

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Jonah 3:9• ⁹Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (Jonah 3:9)

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Zeph. 2:2‑3• ²before the decree bring forth, before the day pass away as chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.
³Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger. (Zeph. 2:2‑3)

lengthening of thy tranquillity.

or, healing of thine error.

• Like Paul with Felix, Daniel reasoned with Nebuchadnezzar of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come; but we do not read that the king trembled. (“Daniel 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousnessa, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

JND Translation Notes

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The LXX reads "alms." see Note, Matt. 6.1.