Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

General references

Bible References

And they brought

Deuteronomy 19:18
The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness, and he has accused his brother falsely,
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he commanded in writing that Haman’s wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews was to return on his own head, and that he and his sons should [endure what he planned for the Jews and] be hanged on the gallows.
Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.

Their children

Deuteronomy 24:16
“The fathers shall not be put to death for [the sins of] their children, nor shall the children be put to death for their fathers; [only] for his own sin shall anyone be put to death.
Joshua 7:24
Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the [royal] robe, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and everything that he had; and they brought them up to the Valley of Achor (Disaster).
2 Kings 14:6
But he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, in compliance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor shall the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death [only] for his own sin.”
Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

The lions

Daniel 3:22
Because the king’s command was urgent and the furnace was extremely hot, the flame of the fire killed the men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
Psalm 54:5

He will pay back the evil to my enemies;
In Your faithfulness destroy them.
Isaiah 38:13

“I lay down until morning.
Like a lion, so He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You bring me to an end.

General references

Psalm 34:20

He keeps all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.
Proverbs 11:8

The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.