17 For your songs, proverbs, parables, and interpretations, the countries marveled at you. (WEB)
Sirach 47:17
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Daniel 5:13–15
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13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? (WEB) 14 I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that li… (WEB)
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