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 from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
• Job 5:19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
• Ps 91:14–16“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
• Dan 3:28Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
• Isa 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
• Ps 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
• 2 Sam 3:39I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
• Dan 3:17If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
• Acts 25:11For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
• Dan 6:20When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?
• Prov 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
• Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
• Jer 26:14But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
• Jer 38:5Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
• Dan 3:15Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good: but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Mark 15:14–15Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”
• Dan 6:7All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
• Rom 13:3For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,
• Matt 14:8–10She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
• Acts 24:27But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
• Mark 6:25–28She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
• Matt 27:23–26But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”
• John 19:12–16At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”
• Acts 25:9But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Jews, answered Paul and said, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, and be judged by me there concerning these things?”

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