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Daniel 6:1 (show verse)

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, that they might be over the whole kingdom.

Daniel 6:2 (show verse)

And over them were three presidents (Daniel was one of them), so that these satraps might give account to them, and the king should have no loss.

Daniel 6:3 (show verse)

Then this Daniel was made overseer of the presidents and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom.

Daniel 6:4 (show verse)

Then the presidents and rulers sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. But they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. Neither was there any error or fault found in him.
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Daniel 6:5 (show verse)

Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the Law of his God.

Daniel 6:6 (show verse)

Then these presidents and rulers assembled to the king, and said this to him: King Darius, live forever.

Daniel 6:7 (show verse)

All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, and the officials and governors, have planned together to establish a royal law, and to make a strong ban that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except from you, O king, he shall be thrown into the den of lions.

Daniel 6:8 (show verse)

Now, O king, establish the ban and sign the writing, so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians which cannot be changed.

Daniel 6:9 (show verse)

Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the ban.

Daniel 6:10 (show verse)

And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem; and he kneeled on his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
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Devotional life » Morning devotions » Prayer three times a day
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Daniel 6:11 (show verse)

Then these men assembled and found Daniel praying and confessing before his God.

Daniel 6:12 (show verse)

Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's ban, Have you not signed a ban that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the lion's den? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.

Daniel 6:13 (show verse)

Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel, who is of the exiled sons of Judah, has not respected you, O king, nor the ban that you have signed, but makes his prayer three times a day.

Daniel 6:14 (show verse)

Then the king, when he heard the word, was very much displeased with himself. And he set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored until sundown to deliver him.

Daniel 6:15 (show verse)

Then these men met before the king and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that no ban nor law which the king establishes may be changed.

Daniel 6:16 (show verse)

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king answered and said to Daniel, Your God, whom you always serve, will deliver you.

Daniel 6:17 (show verse)

And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

Daniel 6:18 (show verse)

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Daniel 6:19 (show verse)

Then the king arose very early in the morning and hurried to the lions' den.

Daniel 6:20 (show verse)

And when he came to the den, he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel. The king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God whom you always serve able to deliver you from the lions?

Daniel 6:21 (show verse)

Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.

Daniel 6:22 (show verse)

My God has sent His Angel, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before Him purity was found in me. And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

Daniel 6:23 (show verse)

Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found on him, because he trusted in his God.

Daniel 6:24 (show verse)

And the king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they threw them into the lions' den; them, their sons, and their wives. And the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

Daniel 6:25 (show verse)

Then King Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth. Peace be multiplied to you.

Daniel 6:26 (show verse)

I make a decree that in all the domain of my kingdom, there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, and endures forever, and His kingdom is that which shall not be destroyed, and His rule shall be to the end.

Daniel 6:27 (show verse)

He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and in earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

Daniel 6:28 (show verse)

And this Daniel was blessed in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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