Daniel 6:18

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A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and the rings of his nobles, so that nothing could be changed in regard to Daniel.

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  • Esth 6:1 : 1 That night, the king couldn’t sleep, so he commanded that the book of records, the chronicles, be brought in and read before him.
  • Dan 2:1 : 1 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that deeply troubled his spirit, and his sleep left him.
  • 2 Sam 12:16-17 : 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying on the ground in sackcloth. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
  • Ps 77:4 : 4 I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah.
  • Ps 137:2 : 2 Upon the willows in its midst, we hung our harps.
  • Eccl 2:8 : 8 I amassed silver and gold for myself, the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and the delights of men—many concubines.
  • Isa 24:8-9 : 8 The joy of tambourines ceases, the noise of revelers stops, and the joyful sound of the harp is silenced. 9 They no longer drink wine with song; strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
  • 2 Sam 19:24 : 24 The king said to Shimei, 'You shall not die.' And the king gave him his oath.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went about meekly.
  • Job 21:12 : 12 They sing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoice to the sound of the flute.
  • Amos 6:4-6 : 4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall. 5 You strum away on your harps like David and fashion instruments for music. 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  • Jonah 3:3-9 : 3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, following the LORD's command. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, taking three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began to go into the city, walking a journey of one day, and he proclaimed, saying, “In forty days Nineveh will be overturned!” 5 The people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. 6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not graze or drink water. 8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
  • Rev 18:22 : 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.

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    19Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

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    9Now, O king, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.

    10So King Darius signed the written decree and the edict.

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    12Then these men came as a group and found Daniel petitioning and pleading before his God.

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    15When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed. He set his mind on rescuing Daniel and worked until sunset to find a way to save him.

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