Daniel 6:4
(6:5) Then sought the presidents and lieutenants to find a pretext against Daniel on account of the management of the kingdom; but they were not able to find any pretext or fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, and no kind of error or fault was to be found on him.
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Genesis 41:38And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?
Judges 14:4But his father and his mother knew not that it was from the Lord, that he sought but an occasion against the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
1 Samuel 18:14And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him.
1 Samuel 22:14Then answered Achimelech the king, and said, And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David, and the king's son-in-law, and freely admitted to thy private council, and is honored in thy house?
Psalms 37:32The wicked looketh out for the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Again, I beheld all the toil, and all the energy in doing, that it is [from] the envy of one man of his neighbor. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:2-6
Daniel Preferred by Darius. ( b. c. 537.) 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion… Read the whole commentary →