Daniel 6:22
My God has sent his [heavenly] agent, and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, inasmuch as before him innocence was found in me. And also before thee, O king, I have done no harm.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
21Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever.
Cross References
Genesis 40:15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
1 Samuel 17:37And David said, LORD who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and LORD shall be with thee.
1 Samuel 26:18And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?
1 Kings 13:28And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the donkey.
Psalms 7:1O LORD my God, in thee do I take refuge. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,
Psalms 26:6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O LORD,
Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:19-25
Daniel's Preservation and Deliverance. ( b. c. 537.) 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from… Read the whole commentary →