Daniel 6
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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Cir. A.M.

Daniel 3:8 Why at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Genesis 43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's …

Judges 14:4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that …

Psalm 37:12,13,32,33 The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth…

Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright …

Ecclesiastes 4:4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this …

Jeremiah 18:18,23 Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; …

Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say …

Matthew 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

Matthew 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

Luke 20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves …

Luke 22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; …

but.

1 Samuel 18:14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

1 Samuel 19:4,5 And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to …

1 Samuel 22:14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful …

Luke 23:14,15 Said to them, You have brought this man to me, as one that perverts …

John 19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and said to them, Behold, I bring …

2 Corinthians 11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them …

Philippians 2:15 That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without …

1 Timothy 5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house…

Titus 2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary …

1 Peter 2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas …

1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as …

1 Peter 4:14-16 If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the …

Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

when.

Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, …

Acts 4:17-19 But that it spread no further among the people, let us straightly …

his windows.

1 Kings 8:30,38,44,48-50 And listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your people …

2 Chronicles 6:38 If they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul …

Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your …

Jonah 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward …

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may …

he kneeled.

1 Kings 8:54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this …

2 Chronicles 6:13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five …

Ezra 9:5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having …

Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

Luke 22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled …

Acts 7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this …

Acts 9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning …

Acts 20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.

Acts 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our …

Ephesians 3:14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

three.

Daniel 6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is …

Psalm 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and …

Psalm 86:3 Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry to you daily.

Acts 2:1,2,15 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with …

Acts 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of …

Acts 10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the …

gave.

Psalm 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication …

Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord …

1 Thessalonians 5:17,18 Pray without ceasing…

Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, …

as he.

Nehemiah 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, …

Psalm 11:1,2 In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird …

Matthew 10:28-33 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul…

Luke 12:4-9 And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the …

Acts 4:18,19,29 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor …

Acts 5:20,29,40,41-42 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life…

Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to …

Philippians 1:14,20 And many of the brothers in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, …

Revelation 2:10,13 Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil …

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

was sore. The king now clearly perceived for what purpose the decree had been solicited; and was exceedingly displeased with himself that he had suffered himself to be so deluded.

Daniel 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, …

Matthew 27:17-24 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, …

Mark 6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for …

Luke 23:13-21 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the …

John 19:7-12 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to …

and he. He strove during the whole day, by every means, to evade or annul the edict; but the foolish constitution of his government (exactly the reverse of the happy rule for the conduct of our gracious monarch) did not allow them to pardon any person who had broken one of their decrees, however arbitrary and unreasonable.

2 Samuel 3:28,29 And afterward when David heard it, he said…

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

the king.

2 Samuel 3:39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons …

Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare: but whoever puts his trust in the …

Jeremiah 26:14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seems good and meet to you.

Jeremiah 38:5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the …

Matthew 14:8-10 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here …

Matthew 27:23-26 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried …

Mark 6:25-28 And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying…

Mark 15:14,15 Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried …

John 19:12-16 And from thereafter Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried …

Acts 24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, …

Acts 25:9,11 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and …

Romans 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will …

Thy God.

Daniel 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice to …

Daniel 3:15,17,28 Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, …

Job 5:19 He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no …

Psalm 37:39,40 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength …

Psalm 91:14-16 Because he has set his love on me, therefore will I deliver him: …

Psalm 118:8,9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man…

Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through …

Acts 27:23,24 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and …

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

is.

Daniel 6:16,27 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into …

Daniel 3:15,17,28,29 Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, …

servest.

1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

Psalm 71:14-18 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more…

Psalm 73:23 Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand.

Psalm 119:112 I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even to the end.

Psalm 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God …

Proverbs 23:17,18 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD …

Hosea 12:6 Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait …

Luke 18:1 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always …

Acts 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry …

Romans 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and …

Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

1 Thessalonians 5:17,18 Pray without ceasing…

James 1:25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues …

able.

Daniel 3:17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the …

Genesis 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will …

Numbers 11:23 And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? you shall …

Numbers 14:15,16 Now if you shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations …

Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your …

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

2 Corinthians 1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: in whom …

2 Timothy 1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am …

2 Timothy 4:16-18 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: …

Hebrews 7:25 Why he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God …

Jude 1:24 Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present …

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

My God.

Daniel 6:20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice to …

2 Samuel 22:7 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: and he …

Psalm 31:14 But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

Psalm 38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Psalm 118:28 You are my God, and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you.

Micah 7:7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my …

Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, …

John 20:17 Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my …

John 20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the …

hath sent.

Daniel 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, …

Numbers 20:16 And when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, …

2 Chronicles 32:21 And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, …

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the LORD encamps round about them that fear him, and delivers them.

Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence …

Acts 12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, …

Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

hath shut.

1 Samuel 17:37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of …

Psalm 91:11-13 For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways…

2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that …

Hebrews 11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained …

forasmuch.

Daniel 6:23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they …

Psalm 18:19-24 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because …

Psalm 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD:

Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and …

Isaiah 3:10 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they …

Acts 24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void …

2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that …

1 John 3:19-21 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our …

and also.

Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and …

1 Samuel 24:9-11 And David said to Saul, Why hear you men's words, saying, Behold, …

1 Samuel 26:18 And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for …

Psalm 7:1-4 O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that …

Acts 25:8-11 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, …

Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

make.

Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, …

Ezra 6:8-12 Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to the elders of these …

Ezra 7:12,13 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law …

tremble.

Psalm 2:11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalm 99:1-3 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; …

Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.

Isaiah 66:2 For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have …

Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting …

Luke 12:5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, which after …

Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.

for.

Daniel 4:34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to …

Deuteronomy 5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living …

1 Samuel 17:26,36 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall …

Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of …

Acts 17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, …

Romans 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to …

1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had to you…

Revelation 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, …

Revelation 5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell …

and stedfast.

Psalm 93:1,2 The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed …

Psalm 146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. …

Malachi 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Hebrews 6:17,18 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise …

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down …

and his kingdom.

Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, …

Daniel 4:3,34 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom …

Daniel 7:14,27 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that …

Psalm 29:10 The LORD sits on the flood; yes, the LORD sits King for ever.

Psalm 145:12,13 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious …

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, …

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your …

Luke 1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom …

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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