Daniel asked for time and urged his friends to seek mercy from God concerning the mystery. The secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision, and he blessed God for revealing it. Daniel 2:17–23

The trial period was ten days. At the end of the test, Daniel and his friends appeared healthier than those eating the royal food, so the steward continued their diet. Daniel 1:12–16

Daniel said God sent his angel and shut the lions’ mouths. Darius found him unharmed and said Daniel was delivered because he trusted in his God. Daniel 6:22–23

Gabriel spoke of “seventy weeks” decreed for Daniel’s people and holy city, naming goals that include finishing transgression, making an end of sin, and bringing in everlasting righteousness. The message also describes an anointed one, coming conflict, and desolations until the decreed end. Daniel 9:24–27

Daniel interpreted the words as God numbering Belshazzar’s days and bringing them to an end, weighing him and finding him lacking, and dividing his kingdom to the Medes and Persians. The kingdom then fell that night. Daniel 5:25–31

Daniel told the king the tree represented Nebuchadnezzar and his greatness. He said the king would be driven from men, live like an animal, and learn that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will. Daniel 4:20–25

God gave the four young men learning and skill in all literature and wisdom. Daniel also had understanding in visions and dreams. Daniel 1:17

Nebuchadnezzar required the wise men to tell him both the dream and its interpretation. When they could not, he ordered the wise men destroyed. Daniel 2:5–12

Daniel said the God of heaven would set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed. This kingdom would break in pieces the other kingdoms and stand forever, pictured by the stone that became a great mountain. Daniel 2:44–45

Gabriel said the ram with two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia. The goat represents the king of Greece, and the great horn between its eyes is its first king. Daniel 8:20–21

Daniel says many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt. The passage connects this to a time of trouble and deliverance for those written in the book. Daniel 12:2

Daniel saw one like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven and being presented before the Ancient of Days. He was given dominion, glory, and a kingdom that will not pass away. Daniel 7:13–14

Daniel understood from Jeremiah’s writings that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. He turned to God in prayer with confession and pleas for mercy concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary. Daniel 9:2–3

Nebuchadnezzar saw a great tree that grew strong and provided shelter and food for many. A watcher commanded that the tree be cut down, leaving a stump bound with iron and bronze, and the person’s mind be changed for a time. Daniel 4:10–16

The statue’s head was gold, its chest and arms silver, its middle and thighs bronze, its legs iron, and its feet partly iron and partly clay. A stone struck the statue and broke it. Daniel 2:31–35

Daniel was renamed Belteshazzar. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were renamed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Daniel 1:6–7

Daniel saw four beasts coming up out of the sea: one like a lion with eagles’ wings, one like a bear, one like a leopard with four wings and four heads, and a terrifying fourth beast with iron teeth. The fourth beast had ten horns, and another “little horn” rose among them. Daniel 7:3–8

Michael is described as “one of the chief princes” who came to help in conflict, and later as “the great prince who has charge of your people.” He is mentioned in connection with protection during a time of trouble. Daniel 10:13

Daniel saw thrones set in place and the Ancient of Days taking his seat as the court sat in judgment. The fourth beast was killed and destroyed, and the others had their dominion taken away. Daniel 7:9–12

Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth figure walking in the fire with them, and he said the appearance of the fourth was like “a son of the gods.” The three men came out unharmed, with no smell of fire on them. Daniel 3:25–27

Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the king’s food and wine and asked permission not to take them. He proposed a short test with vegetables and water to compare results. Daniel 1:8

Belshazzar brought in the vessels taken from the temple in Jerusalem and used them for drinking while praising idols. In that moment, fingers of a human hand wrote on the plaster of the palace wall. Daniel 5:2–5

Officials persuaded Darius to sign a decree that no one could make a petition to any god or man except the king for thirty days. Daniel continued praying to his God, and he was reported and cast into the lions’ den. Daniel 6:7–16

They refused to serve Nebuchadnezzar’s gods or worship the golden image he set up. Because they would not bow, the king ordered them thrown into the burning fiery furnace. Daniel 3:12–20