Daniel 6:22
(6:23) My God sent his angel, and locked up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, had I done nothing injurious.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
21(6:22) Then spoke Daniel with the king, O king, live for ever.
Cross References
Genesis 40:15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I not done the least that they should put me into the dungeon.
1 Samuel 17:37Moreover David said, The Lord who hath delivered me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, will also surely deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and may the Lord be with thee.
1 Samuel 26:18And he said, Why is this that my lord doth 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 corpse cast down on the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.
Psalms 7:1“A Shiggayon of David, which he sang unto the Lord, concerning the affairs of Cush the Benjamite.” (7:2) O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust; save me from every one of my persecutors, and deliver me:
Psalms 26:6I will wash in innocency my hands, and I will compass thy 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 →