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 hath signed the writing and interdict.
Esther 3:12
And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who are over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,
Psalm 94:20
Is a throne of mischief joined with Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Proverbs 28:15
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.
And they
Daniel 1:19
And the king speaketh with them, and there hath none been found among them all like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and they stand before the king;
Daniel 6:12
then they have come near, yea, they are saying before the king concerning the king's interdict: 'Hast thou not signed an interdict, that any man who seeketh from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions?' Answered hath the king, and said, 'The thing is certain as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.'