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Daniel 6:7
Daniel 6:7 is verse 7 of Daniel chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Daniel 6:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!
7 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.
8 Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”
9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
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Daniel 6:2and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.
Daniel 6:3Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
Daniel 3:2Then 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 3:27and 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.
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Psalms 62:4They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Psalms 83:1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
Psalms 83:3With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Mark 15:1Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
John 12:10So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Acts 4:6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.
Acts 4:7They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
Acts 4:26The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
Daniel 3:6And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
Daniel 3:11and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
Nahum 2:12The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.