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Daniel Chapter 3

Noyes
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DANIEL

Daniel 3

1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and whose breadth was six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Habakkuk 2:19, Habakkuk 2:19, Jeremiah 16:20, Jeremiah 16:20, Isaiah 46:6
2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the deputy governors, the chief judges, the treasurers, the judges, the counsellors, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Daniel 3:27, Daniel 3:27, Exodus 32:4, Exodus 32:6, Daniel 6:1
3Then the satraps, prefects, and deputy governors, the chief judges, treasurers, judges, counsellors, and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Revelation 17:17, Revelation 17:17, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 17:13, Revelation 13:13
4Then a herald cried aloud: To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
Daniel 6:25, Daniel 4:1, Daniel 6:25, Daniel 4:1, Micah 6:16
5that at the time ye hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up.
Daniel 3:15, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 3:10, Daniel 3:10, Daniel 3:7
6And whoso doth not fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
Matthew 13:50, Matthew 13:42, Matthew 13:50, Matthew 13:42, Jeremiah 29:22
7Therefore at the time when all the people heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
1 John 5:19, Revelation 13:3, Jeremiah 51:7, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 17:8
8Wherefore at that time certain Chaldaeans came near, and accused the Jews.
Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:16, Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:16, Daniel 6:12
9They spake and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!
Daniel 5:10, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 5:10, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 6:21
10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
Daniel 6:12, Esther 3:12, Esther 3:14, Daniel 3:4, Daniel 3:7
11and that whoso doth not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12Now there are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, these men, O king, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel 6:13, Daniel 6:13, Daniel 2:49, Daniel 2:49, Acts 17:7
13Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
Daniel 3:19, Daniel 3:19, Daniel 2:12, Daniel 2:12, Esther 3:5
14Nebuchadnezzar spake and said to them, Was it by design, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Do ye not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
Jeremiah 50:2, Jeremiah 50:2, Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:1, Isaiah 46:1
15Now if ye be ready that at the time ye hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the sambuck, the psaltery, the bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the image which I have set up, well! but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
Acts 5:29, Acts 5:29, Daniel 3:17, 2 Kings 18:35, 2 Chronicles 32:15
16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Daniel 1:7, Daniel 1:7, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:12
17Behold, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king!
Romans 8:31, Romans 8:31, Luke 1:37, Luke 1:37, Psalms 27:1
18But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Acts 5:29, Acts 5:32, Acts 5:29, Acts 5:32, Matthew 10:39
19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And he spake and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Daniel 3:13, Daniel 3:13, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:24, Proverbs 21:24
20And he commanded the mightiest men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:15, Acts 16:25, Acts 16:23, Daniel 3:15, Acts 16:25
21Then these men were bound in their trousers, their under-garments, their mantles, and their other clothing, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22And because the command of the king was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Proverbs 21:18, Proverbs 11:8, Exodus 12:33, Proverbs 21:18, Proverbs 11:8
23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Jeremiah 38:6, Daniel 6:16, Daniel 6:17, Jeremiah 38:6, Daniel 6:16
24Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said to his counsellors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king!
Daniel 6:7, Daniel 6:22, Daniel 6:7, Daniel 6:22, Daniel 3:17
25He answered and said, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 43:2, Acts 28:5, Acts 28:5, Mark 16:18
26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth! Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came forth out of the midst of the fire.
Daniel 3:17, Daniel 3:17, Daniel 4:2, Daniel 4:2, Acts 16:17
27And the satraps, prefects, and deputy governors, and the counsellors of the king, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.
Isaiah 43:2, Isaiah 43:2, Hebrews 11:34, Hebrews 11:34, Luke 21:17
28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants, that trusted in him, and disobeyed the command of the king, and gave up their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God!
Romans 14:7, Romans 14:8, Romans 14:7, Romans 14:8, Psalms 34:7
29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language which speaks anything reproachful against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and its houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver in this manner.
Daniel 2:5, Daniel 2:5, Deuteronomy 32:31, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27
30Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 2:49, 1 Samuel 2:30, Daniel 2:49, 1 Samuel 2:30, John 12:26

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