All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions. Cross References Psalm 10:9 He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. Psalm 59:3 See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD. Psalm 62:4 They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah Psalm 64:2 Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity, Psalm 83:1 O God, do not keep silent; do not hold Your peace; do not be still, O God. Psalm 83:5 For with one mind they plot together, they form an alliance against You-- Daniel 3:2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up. Daniel 3:6 And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace." Daniel 3:27 and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them. Daniel 6:16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, "May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!" Treasury of Scripture 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 whoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. All. Daniel 6:2,3 Daniel 3:2,27 have consulted. Psalm 2:2 Psalm 59:3 Psalm 62:4 decree. Daniel 3:6,11 Psalm 10:9 Nahum 2:12 |