Daniel 6:26

\6:25\Then King Darius sent a letter to all the peoples, nations, and languages, living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.

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I 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.

In Context

25\6:24\And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken.

27\6:26\It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:26For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?

1 Samuel 17:36Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, all peace;

Psalms 29:10The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.

Psalms 99:1The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

Psalms 145:12So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:26-28

The Decree of Darius. ( b. c. 537.) 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I 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. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered… Read the whole commentary →

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