Verse 24

The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions’ den– they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 14:6 : 6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the LORD’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses,“Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin.”
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
  • Deut 24:16 : 16 Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.
  • Isa 38:13 : 13 I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.
  • Ps 54:5 : 5 May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!
  • Esth 9:10 : 10 the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.
  • Esth 9:25 : 25 But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.
  • Prov 11:8 : 8 A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.
  • Josh 7:24-25 : 24 Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. 25 Joshua said,“Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring disaster on you today!” All Israel stoned him to death.(They also stoned and burned the others.)
  • Dan 3:22 : 22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames.
  • Deut 19:18-20 : 18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, 19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.