1It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.

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Daniel 5:31, Daniel 5:31, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:22, Esther 1:1

2And three princes over them of whom Daniel was one: that the governors might give an account to them, and the king might have no trouble.

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Esther 7:4, Ezra 4:22, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 2:49, Daniel 5:29

3And Daniel excelled all the princes, and governors: because a greater spirit of God was in him.

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Daniel 5:14, Daniel 5:14, Proverbs 22:29, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 41:41

4And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.

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1 Peter 3:16, 1 Peter 3:16, Philippians 2:15, Philippians 2:15, 1 Peter 2:12

5Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.

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Acts 24:13, Acts 24:16, Acts 24:13, Acts 24:16, Acts 24:20

6Then the princes, and the governors, craftily suggested to the king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:

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Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:4, Nehemiah 2:3, Daniel 6:21, Nehemiah 2:3

7All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges, have consulted together, that an imperial decree, and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of the lions.

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Psalms 59:3, Psalms 59:3, Psalms 83:1, Psalms 83:3, Daniel 3:27

8Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree: that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor any man be allowed to transgress it.

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Daniel 6:15, Esther 1:19, Daniel 6:15, Esther 1:19, Daniel 6:12

9So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.

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Psalms 146:3, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 146:3, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 62:9

10Now, when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made, he went into his house: and opening the windows in his upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, and adored and gave thanks before his God, as he had been accustomed to do before.

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Psalms 55:17, Psalms 55:17, Acts 5:29, Acts 5:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:17

11Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying and making supplication to his God.

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Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, Psalms 10:9

12And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true, according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate.

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Daniel 6:8, Daniel 6:8, Daniel 3:8, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:8

13Then they answered, and said before the king: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Juda, hath not regarded thy law, nor the decree that thou hast made: but three times a day he maketh his prayer.

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Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:12, Acts 5:29, Daniel 2:25, Acts 5:29

14Now when the king had heard these words, he was very much grieved, and in behalf of Daniel he set his heart to deliver him, and even till sunset he laboured to save him.

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Mark 6:26, Mark 6:26, Luke 23:13, Luke 23:21, 2 Samuel 3:28

15But those men perceiving the king's design, said to him: Know thou, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree which the king hath made, may be altered.

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Daniel 6:12, Esther 8:8, Daniel 6:12, Esther 8:8, Psalms 94:20

16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of the lions. And the king said to Daniel: Thy God, whom thou always servest, he will deliver thee.

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Psalms 37:39, Psalms 37:40, Psalms 37:39, Psalms 37:40, Job 5:19

17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den: which the king sealed with his own ring, and with the ring of his nobles, that nothing should be done against Daniel.

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Lamentations 3:53, Lamentations 3:53, Acts 12:4, Acts 12:4, Acts 16:23

18And the king went away to his house, and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him.

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Daniel 2:1, Esther 6:1, Daniel 2:1, Esther 6:1, 2 Samuel 12:16

19Then the king rising very early in the morning, went in haste to the lions' den:

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1 Thessalonians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 3:5, Matthew 28:1, 2 Corinthians 2:13, Mark 16:2

20And coming near to the den, cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel, and said to him: Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou, to deliver thee from the lions?

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Daniel 6:27, Hebrews 7:25, 1 Chronicles 16:11, Daniel 6:27, Hebrews 7:25

21And Daniel answering the king, said: O king, live for ever:

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Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:4, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 6:6, Nehemiah 2:3

22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him justice hath been found in me: yea, and before thee, O king, I have done no offence.

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2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:17, Hebrews 11:33, Hebrews 11:33, Acts 12:11

23Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den: and Daniel was taken out of the den, and no hurt was found in him, because he believed in his God.

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1 Chronicles 5:20, 1 Chronicles 5:20, Daniel 3:25, Daniel 3:27, Daniel 3:28

24And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: and they did not reach the bottom of the den, before the lions caught them, and broke all their bones in pieces.

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Esther 7:10, Isaiah 38:13, Esther 7:10, Isaiah 38:13, Psalms 54:5

25Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto you.

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Daniel 4:1, Daniel 4:1, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:2, Ezra 1:1

26It is decreed by me, that in all my empire and my kingdom, all men dread and fear the God of Daniel. For he is the living and eternal God for ever: and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his power shall be for ever.

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Daniel 4:34, Daniel 4:34, Luke 1:33, Luke 1:33, Daniel 2:44

27He is the deliverer, and saviour, doing signs and wonders in heaven, and in earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions' den.

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Daniel 4:2, Daniel 4:3, Daniel 4:2, Daniel 4:3, Psalms 97:10

28Now Daniel continued unto the reign of Darius, and the reign of Cyrus, the Persian.

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Daniel 1:21, Daniel 1:21, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:2, 2 Chronicles 36:22