Daniel 6:16

Daniel is cast into the lions' den, and the king expresses hope that Daniel's God will deliver him. Even the pagan king testifies to the faithfulness of Daniel's God.

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• Ps 37:39–40But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
• Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• Ps 91:14–16Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
• Dan 3:28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Isa 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Ps 118:8–9It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
• 2 Sam 3:39And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
• Dan 3:17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
• Acts 25:11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
• Dan 6:20And 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 the lions?
• Prov 29:25The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
• Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
• Jer 26:14As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
• Jer 38:5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
• Dan 3:15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Mark 15:14–15Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
• Dan 6:7All 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.
• Rom 13:3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
• Matt 14:8–10And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
• Acts 24:27But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
• Mark 6:25–28And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
• Matt 27:23–26And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
• John 19:12–16And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
• Acts 25:9But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?

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