Daniel 6:16

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Summary

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.

The king

Thy god

Bible References

The king

I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil.”

The fear of man brings a snare,
But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted.

But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.

So King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you.”

Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

And he said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they kept shouting all the more, saying, “Crucify Him!”

Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”

As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar.”

But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned.

But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?”

For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same;

Thy god

When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?”

Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?”

“From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven evil will not touch you.

But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in time of trouble.

“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,