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Daniel Chapter 6

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In this chapter Daniel is taken to a lions' den where he is threatened with death, yet he is not harmed. God commands Daniel to trust Him and not fear the lions, showing His power over all. The narrative teaches that God protects His people and that fear is unfounded when He is present.

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(1) It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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Daniel 5:31I Peter 2:14Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:22Esther 1:1

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(2) 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.
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Daniel 2:48Daniel 2:49Daniel 5:16Daniel 5:29I Samuel 2:30Proverbs 3:16Matthew 18:23Luke 16:2Ezra 4:22Esther 7:4Proverbs 26:6Luke 19:13

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Psalms 68:27Daniel 6:3Daniel 6:4Daniel 5:13Daniel 6:20

(3) 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.
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Proverbs 22:29Daniel 5:12Daniel 5:14Daniel 9:23Genesis 41:38Genesis 41:39Genesis 41:40Genesis 41:41Nehemiah 7:2Proverbs 3:3Proverbs 3:4Proverbs 17:27

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(4) 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.
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Daniel 3:8Genesis 43:18Judges 14:4Psalms 37:12Psalms 37:13Psalms 37:32Psalms 37:33Proverbs 29:27Ecclesiastes 4:4Jeremiah 18:18Jeremiah 18:23Jeremiah 20:10

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(5) 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.
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I Samuel 24:17Esther 3:8John 19:6John 19:7Acts 24:13Acts 24:14Acts 24:15Acts 24:16Acts 24:20Acts 24:21

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(6) Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
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Daniel 6:11Psalms 56:6Psalms 62:3Psalms 64:2Psalms 64:3Psalms 64:4Psalms 64:5Psalms 64:6Matthew 27:23Matthew 27:24Matthew 27:25Luke 23:23

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Joshua 9:21Jeremiah 38:17Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20I Chronicles 28:1Psalms 68:27

(7) All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, 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.
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Daniel 6:2Daniel 6:3Daniel 3:2Daniel 3:27Psalms 2:2Psalms 59:3Psalms 62:4Psalms 83:1Psalms 83:2Psalms 83:3Psalms 94:20Micah 6:5

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(8) 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.
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(9) Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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Psalms 62:9Psalms 62:10Psalms 118:9Psalms 146:3Proverbs 6:2Isaiah 2:22

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(10) 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.
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(11) Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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(12) 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.
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(13) 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.
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Daniel 1:6Daniel 2:25Daniel 5:13Daniel 3:12Esther 3:8Acts 5:29Acts 17:7

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(14) 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.
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Daniel 3:13Matthew 27:17Matthew 27:18Matthew 27:19Matthew 27:20Matthew 27:21Matthew 27:22Matthew 27:23Matthew 27:24Mark 6:26Luke 23:13Luke 23:14

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(15) 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.
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(16) 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.
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II Samuel 3:39Proverbs 29:25Jeremiah 26:14Jeremiah 38:5Matthew 14:8Matthew 14:9Matthew 14:10Matthew 27:23Matthew 27:24Matthew 27:25Matthew 27:26Mark 6:25

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(17) 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.
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Lamentations 3:53Matthew 27:60Matthew 27:61Matthew 27:62Matthew 27:63Matthew 27:64Matthew 27:65Matthew 27:66Acts 12:4Acts 16:23Acts 16:24

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(18) 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.
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II Samuel 12:16II Samuel 12:17II Samuel 19:24I Kings 21:27Job 21:12Psalms 137:2Ecclesiastes 2:8Isaiah 24:8Isaiah 24:9Amos 6:4Amos 6:5Amos 6:6

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(19) Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
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(20) 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?
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(21) Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
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(22) 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.
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Daniel 6:20II Samuel 22:7Psalms 31:14Psalms 38:21Psalms 118:28Micah 7:7Matthew 27:46John 20:17John 20:18Daniel 3:28Numbers 20:16II Chronicles 32:21

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(23) 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.
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(24) 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.
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Deuteronomy 19:18Deuteronomy 19:19Deuteronomy 19:20Esther 7:10Esther 9:25Proverbs 11:8Deuteronomy 24:16Joshua 7:24Joshua 7:25II Kings 14:6Esther 9:10Daniel 3:22

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(25) Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
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(26) 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.
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Daniel 3:29Ezra 6:8Ezra 6:9Ezra 6:10Ezra 6:11Ezra 6:12Ezra 7:12Ezra 7:13Psalms 2:11Psalms 99:1Psalms 99:2Psalms 99:3

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(27) 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.
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Job 36:15Psalms 18:48Psalms 18:50Psalms 32:7Psalms 35:17Psalms 97:10Luke 1:74Luke 1:75II Corinthians 1:8II Corinthians 1:9II Corinthians 1:10II Timothy 4:17

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(28) So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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