Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
The decree
And they
Bible References
The decree
Daniel 6:9
Therefore King Darius signed the document and injunction.
Esther 3:12
Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring.
Psalm 94:20
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
Proverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,
And they
Daniel 1:19
And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king.
Daniel 6:12
Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, "O king! Did you not sign an injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?" The king answered and said, "The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked."