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DAN 6:1
Daniel 6:1
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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; |
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DAN 6:2
Daniel 6:2
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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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DAN 6:3
Daniel 6:3
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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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DAN 6:4
Daniel 6:4
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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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DAN 6:5
Daniel 6:5
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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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DAN 6:6
Daniel 6:6
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Then these presidents and princes assembled
together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. |
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DAN 6:7
Daniel 6:7
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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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DAN 6:8
Daniel 6:8
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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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DAN 6:9
Daniel 6:9
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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and
the decree. |
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DAN 6:10
Daniel 6:10
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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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DAN 6:11
Daniel 6:11
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Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying
and making supplication before his God. |
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DAN 6:12
Daniel 6:12
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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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DAN 6:13
Daniel 6:13
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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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DAN 6:14
Daniel 6:14
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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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DAN 6:15
Daniel 6:15
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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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DAN 6:16
Daniel 6:16
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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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DAN 6:17
Daniel 6:17
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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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DAN 6:18
Daniel 6:18
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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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DAN 6:19
Daniel 6:19
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Then the king arose very early in the morning,
and went in haste unto the den of lions. |
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DAN 6:20
Daniel 6:20
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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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DAN 6:21
Daniel 6:21
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Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live
for ever. |
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DAN 6:22
Daniel 6:22
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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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DAN 6:23
Daniel 6:23
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Then was the king exceedingly 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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DAN 6:24
Daniel 6:24
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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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DAN 6:25
Daniel 6:25
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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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DAN 6:26
Daniel 6:26
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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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DAN 6:27
Daniel 6:27
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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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DAN 6:28
Daniel 6:28
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So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius,
and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. |
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