Daniel 3:10

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Summary

Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

Hast made

Bible References

Hast made

Then the herald proclaimed: You are commanded to do this, O peoples, nations, and men of every language.

They approached the king about his decree: Did you sign a decree stating that every man that shall make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of lions? The king answered: The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be altered.

He said: When you help the Hebrew women give birth on the birth stool, if it is a son you shall put him to death. If it is a daughter, then she shall live.

Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were summoned. They put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people. It was to be for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs. It was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).

I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.

How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations.

Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it that they might seize him.

And he forces all persons, the great and the small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.