Daniel 6:7
All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the senators, and judges, have consulted together, that an imperial decree, and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of the lions.
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Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Psalms 59:3O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.
Psalms 62:4For thy mercy is better than lives: thee my lips will praise.
Psalms 83:1Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for the sons of Core.
Daniel 2:4And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the interpretation thereof.
Daniel 3:6But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:7-11
A Plot against Daniel. ( b. c. 537.) 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All 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. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and… Read the whole commentary →