Daniel 6:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Now, O king, establish the decree, 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 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 unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree 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 decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of 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 in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
  • Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
  • Esth 3:12 : 12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and 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 for the Jews, as it liketh 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.

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  • Dan 6:11-17
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    88%

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

    12Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of 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, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

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

    15Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree 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 the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

  • Dan 6:9
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    9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

  • Dan 6:5-7
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    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 princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

    7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, 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 timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

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

    13Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.

  • Ezra 6:1-2
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    1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

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

  • Esth 8:8
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    8Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh 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
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    25Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

    26I make a decree, That in every 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
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    72%

    19If it please the king, let there go 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 empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, 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 that it should be published according to the language of every people.

  • Dan 6:28
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    28So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

  • Ezra 6:8
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    8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

  • Dan 5:28
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    28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Esth 1:13
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    13Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

  • Ezra 7:21
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    21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which 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 speedily,

  • Dan 6:1
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    1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

  • Dan 3:29
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    29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

  • Dan 2:9
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    9But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree 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 shew me the interpretation thereof.

  • Esth 9:32
    70%

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

  • Ezra 5:5-6
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    5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

    6The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  • Dan 5:10
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  • Ezra 7:26
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    26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

  • Dan 9:1
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    1In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

  • Dan 2:15
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    15He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

  • Esth 8:5
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    5And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour 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 which are in all the king's provinces:

  • Dan 5:5-6
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    5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

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    24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

  • Ezra 4:21-22
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    21Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

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  • Dan 2:13
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    13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

  • Esth 6:1
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    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
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    21Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.