Daniel 10:12
“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.
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.
Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel; for from the first day that thou didst set thy heart to understand, and to humble thyself before thy God, thy words were heard: and I am come for thy words’ sake.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Fear not
- Daniel 10:19; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 41:10, 14; Matthew 28:5, 10; Mark 16:6; Luke 1:13, 30; Luke 2:10; Luke 24:38; Acts 18:9, 10; Acts 27:24; Revelation 1:17
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- Daniel, as Bp. Newton observes, was now very far advanced in years; for the third year of Cyrus was the 73rd of his captivity; and being a youth when carried captive, he cannot be supposed to have been less than ninety. Old as he was, "he set his heart to understand," the former revelations which had been made to him, and particularly the vision of the ram and he-goat, as may be collected from the sequel; and for this purpose he prayed and fasted three weeks. His fasting and prayers had the desired effect, for and angel was sent to unfold to him those mysteries; and whoever would excel in divine knowledge, must imitate Daniel, and habituate himself to study, temperance, and devotion.
- Daniel 10:2, 3; Daniel 9:3, 4, 20–23; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24; Acts 10:4, 30, 31
- chasten
- Leviticus 16:29, 31; Numbers 29:7; Psalm 69:10
- and I.
- Daniel 10:11; Daniel 9:20–22; Acts 10:3–5, 30, 31