Daniel 6:8

American Standard Version (1901)

Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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  • Esth 1:19 : 19 If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
  • Dan 6:15 : 15 Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
  • Dan 6:12 : 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
  • Esth 8:10 : 10 And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud:
  • Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;
  • Esth 3:12 : 12 Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring. [
  • Esth 8:3 : 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
  • Esth 8:8 : 8 Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
  • Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Dan 6:11-17
    7 verses
    88%

    11Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

    12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

    13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

    14Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him.

    15Then these men assembled together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

    16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. [Now] the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

    17And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

  • Dan 6:9
    88%

    9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

  • Dan 6:5-7
    3 verses
    83%

    5Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

    6Then these presidents and satraps assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

    7All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

  • Ezra 6:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:

    12and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

    13Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

    2And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record:

  • Esth 8:8
    75%

    8Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

  • Dan 6:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you.

    26I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, And his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

  • Esth 1:19-22
    4 verses
    72%

    19If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

    20And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

    21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

    22for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

  • Dan 6:28
    71%

    28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • Ezra 6:8
    71%

    8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

  • Dan 5:28
    71%

    28PERES; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Esth 1:13
    71%

    13Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

  • Ezra 7:21
    71%

    21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

  • Dan 6:1
    70%

    1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

  • Dan 3:29
    70%

    29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.

  • Dan 2:9
    70%

    9But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.

  • Esth 9:32
    70%

    32And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

  • Ezra 5:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

    6The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king;

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  • Dan 5:10
    70%

    10[ Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

  • Ezra 7:26
    69%

    26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

  • Dan 9:1
    69%

    1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,

  • Dan 2:15
    69%

    15he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

  • Esth 8:5
    69%

    5And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

  • Dan 5:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    6Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  • Dan 4:24
    69%

    24this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

  • Dan 5:24
    68%

    24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

  • Ezra 4:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

    22And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

  • Dan 11:1
    68%

    1And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.

  • Dan 2:13
    68%

    13So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

  • Esth 6:1
    68%

    1On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

  • Dan 6:21
    68%

    21Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.