Daniel 6:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore King Darius sealed the writing and the decree.

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  • Ps 118:9 : 9 It is better to trust in the Lorde, then to haue confidence in princes.
  • Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.
  • Prov 6:2 : 2 Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art euen taken with the woordes of thine owne mouth.
  • Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease you from the man whose breath is in his nostrels: for wherein is he to be esteemed?
  • Ps 62:9-9 : 9 Yet the children of men are vanitie, the chiefe men are lies: to lay them vpon a balance they are altogether lighter then vanitie. 10 Trust not in oppression nor in robberie: be not vaine: if riches increase, set not your heart thereon.

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  • Dan 6:5-8
    4 verses
    88%

    5Then sayd these men, We shall not finde an occasion against this Daniel, except we finde it against him concerning the Law of his God.

    6Therefore the rulers and these gouernours went together to the King, and sayde thus vnto him, King Darius, liue for euer.

    7All the rulers of thy kingdome, the officers and gouernours, the counsellers, and dukes haue consulted together to make a decree for the King and to establish a statute, that whosoeuer shall aske a petition of any god or man for thirtie dayes saue of thee, O King, he shalbe cast into the denne of lyons.

    8Nowe, O King, confirme the decree, and seale the writing, that it be not changed according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

  • Dan 6:10-17
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    83%

    10Now when Daniel vnderstood that he had sealed the writing, hee went into his house, and his window being open in his chamber toward Ierusalem, he kneeled vpon his knees three times a day, and prayed and praysed his God, as he did aforetime.

    11Then these men assembled, and founde Daniel praying, and making supplication vnto his God.

    12So they came &, spake vnto the King concerning the Kings decree, Hast thou not sealed the decree, that euery man that shall make a request to any god or man within thirtie dayes, saue to thee, O King, shall be cast into the denne of lyons? The King answered, and sayd, The thing is true, according to the Lawe of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

    13Then answered they, and sayd vnto the King, This Daniel which is of the children of the captiuitie of Iudah, regardeth not thee, O King, nor the decree, that thou hast sealed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

    14When the King heard these wordes, hee was sore displeased with himselfe, and set his heart on Daniel, to deliuer him: and he laboured till the sunne went downe, to deliuer him.

    15Then these men assembled vnto the King, and sayde vnto ye King, Vnderstand, O King, that the lawe of the Medes and Persians is, that no decree nor statute which the King confirmeth, may be altered.

    16Then the King commaunded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of lyons: now the King spake, and said vnto Daniel, Thy God, whome thou alway seruest, euen he will deliuer thee.

    17And a stone was brought, and layed vpon the mouth of the denne, and the King sealed it with his owne signet, and with the signet of his princes, that the purpose might not be changed, concerning Daniel.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
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    1Then King Darius gaue commandement, & they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layd vp in Babel.

    2And there was founde in a coffer (in the palace that was in the prouince of the Medes) a volume, and therein was it thus written, as a memoriall,

  • Ezra 6:10-13
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    10That they may haue to offer sweete odours vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the Kings life, and for his sonnes.

    11And I haue made a decree, that whosoeuer shall alter this sentence, the wood shall be pulled downe from his house, and shall be set vp, and he shalbe hanged thereon, & his house shalbe made a dunghill for this.

    12And the God that hath caused his Name to dwell there, destroy all Kings & people that put to their hand to alter, & to destroy this house of God, which is in Ierusalem. I Darius haue made a decree, let it be done with speede.

    13Then Tatnai the captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shethar Boznai & their companions, according to that which Darius had sent, so they did speedily.

  • Dan 6:25-28
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    76%

    25Afterwarde King Darius wrote, Vnto all people, nations and languages, that dwel in all the world: Peace be multiplied vnto you.

    26I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdome, men tremble and feare before the God of Daniel: for he is the liuing God, and remayneth for euer: and his kingdome shall not perish, and his dominion shalbe euerlasting.

    27Hee rescueth and deliuereth, and hee worketh signes and wonders in heauen and in earth, who hath deliuered Daniel from the power of the lyons.

    28So this Daniel prospered in the reigne of Darius and in the reigne of Cyrus of Persia.

  • Dan 6:1-2
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    1It pleased Darius to set ouer the kingdome an hundreth and twentie gouernours, which should be ouer the whole kingdome,

    2And ouer these, three rulers (of whome Daniel was one) that the gouernours might giue accompts vnto them, and the King should haue no domage.

  • Ezra 5:5-7
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    73%

    5But the eye of their God was vpon the Elders of the Iewes, that they coulde not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they answered by letters thereunto.

    6The copie of the letter, that Tatnai captaine beyond the Riuer, and Shether-boznai and his companions, Apharsechaie, (which were beyond the Riuer) sent vnto King Darius.

    7They sent a letter vnto him, wherein it was written thus, Vnto Darivs the King, all peace.

  • Dan 9:1
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    1In the first yeere of Darius the sonne of Ahashuerosh, of the seede of the Medes, which was made King ouer the realme of the Caldeans,

  • Esth 9:32
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    32And the decree of Ester confirmed these words of Purim, and was written in the booke.

  • Dan 5:24
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    24Then was the palme of the hand sent from him, and hath written this writing.

  • Dan 2:15-16
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    15Yea, he answered and sayde vnto Arioch the kings captaine, Why is the sentence so hastie from the king? Then Arioch declared the thing to Daniel.

    16So Daniel went and desired the king that he woulde giue him leasure and that he woulde shewe the king the interpretation thereof.

  • Dan 6:19
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    19Then the King arose early in the morning, & went in all haste vnto the denne of lyons.

  • Dan 5:5-6
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    5At the same houre appeared fingers of a mans hand, which wrote ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaister of the wall of ye Kings palace, and the King sawe the palme of the hand that wrote.

    6Then the Kings countenance was changed, and his thoughtes troubled him, so that the ioynts of his loynes were loosed, and his knees smote one against the other.

  • Dan 2:13
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    13And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.

  • Dan 3:29
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    29Therefore I make a decree, that euery people, nation, and language, which speake any blasphemie against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, shalbe drawen in pieces, and their houses shall be made a iakes, because there is no god that can deliuer after this sort.

  • Ezra 6:8
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    8For I haue giuen a commandement what ye shall doe to the Elders of these Iewes, for the buylding of this house of God, that of the reuenues of the King, which is of the tribute beyonde the Riuer, there be incontinently expenses giuen vnto these men that they cease not.

  • Dan 5:17
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    17Then Daniel answered, and sayd before the King, Keepe thy rewards to thy selfe, and giue thy giftes to another: yet I will reade the writing vnto the King, and shew him the interpretation.

  • Dan 1:21
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    21And Daniel was vnto the first yeere of king Cyrus.

  • Neh 9:38
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    38Nowe because of all this we make a sure couenant, and write it, and our princes, our Leuites and our Priestes seale vnto it.

  • Dan 4:6
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    6(4:3) Therefore made I a decree, that they should bring all the wise men of Babel before mee, that they might declare vnto me the interpretation of the dreame.

  • Dan 2:19
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    19Then was the secret reueiled vnto Daniel in a vision by night: therefore Daniel praysed the God of heauen.

  • Esth 8:8
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    8Write yee also for the Iewes, as it liketh you in the Kinges name, and seale it with the Kings ring (for the writings written in the Kings name, and sealed with the Kings ring, may no man reuoke)

  • Dan 5:28
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    28Peres, thy kingdome is deuided, and giuen to the Medes and Persians.

  • Dan 1:8
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    8But Daniel had determined in his heart, that hee woulde not defile him selfe with the portion of the Kings meate, nor with the wine which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe of the Eunuches that he might not defile himselfe.

  • Dan 11:1
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    1Also I, in ye first yere of Darius of ye Medes, euen I stood to incourage & to strengthen him.

  • Dan 10:1
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    1In the third yeere of Cyrus King of Persia, a thing was reueiled vnto Daniel (whose name was called Belteshazzar) and the worde was true, but the time appointed was long, and he vnderstood the thing, and had vnderstanding of the vision.

  • Ezra 6:15
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    15And this house was finished the thirde day of the moneth Adar, which was the sixt yeere of the reigne of King Darius.

  • Dan 6:23
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    23Then was the King exceeding glad for him, and commaunded that they should take Daniel out of the denne: so Daniel was brought out of the denne, and no maner of hurt was found vpon him, because he beleeued in his God.