Daniel 6:22

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Daniel 6:22

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Summary

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.

My god

Hath sent

Acts 27:23

Hath shut

Forasmuch

And also

Acts 25:8

General references

Psalm 25:21

Psalm 34:20

Jeremiah 37:18

Bible References

My god

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

“In my distress I called upon the Lord;
I cried out to my God,
And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard my voice;
My cry for help came into His ears.

But as for me, I trust [confidently] in You and Your greatness, O Lord;
I said, “You are my God.”

Do not abandon me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me.

You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
[You are] my God, I extol You.

But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;
I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud [agonized] voice,

“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?”

that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

Jesus said to her, “Do not hold Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’”

Hath sent

Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and rescued His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him! They violated the king’s command and surrendered their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

But when we cried out to the Lord [for help], He heard us and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every brave warrior, commander, and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king returned to his own land in shame. And when he entered the house (temple) of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience],
And He rescues [each of] them.

In all their distress He was distressed,
And the angel of His presence saved them,
In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;
And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me].”

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

Hath shut

David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”

For He will command His angels in regard to you,
To protect and defend and guard you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened and empowered me, so that through me the [gospel] message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

who by faith [that is, with an enduring trust in God and His promises] subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions,

Forasmuch

Then the king was greatly pleased and ordered that Daniel be taken out of the den. So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in and relied on and trusted in his God.

He brought me out into a broad place;
He rescued me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me.

I will wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their [righteous] actions.

In view of this, I also do my best and strive always to have a clear conscience before God and before men.

This is our [reason for] proud confidence: our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [in general], and especially toward you, with pure motives and godly sincerity, not in human wisdom, but in the grace of God [that is, His gracious lovingkindness that leads people to Christ and spiritual maturity].

By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him

And also

For in fact I was taken (stolen) from the land of the Hebrews by [unlawful] force, and even here I have done nothing for which they should put me in the dungeon.”

David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’

And David said, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

O Lord my God, in You I take refuge;
Save me and rescue me from all those who pursue me,

while Paul declared in his own defense, “I have done no wrong and committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar.”

General references

Let integrity and uprightness protect me,
For I wait [expectantly] for You.

He keeps all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.

Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “In what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?