Dan.6.12

Daniel 6:12

KJV

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Daniel Serves Darius

Cross References

Acts 16:19

KJV

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

First Convert in Europe

Esther 1:19

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If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Queen Vashti Deposed

Queen Vashti’s Refusal

Daniel 3:8

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¶ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused

Daniel 3:10

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Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused

Daniel 6:8

KJV

Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

The Plot against Daniel

Daniel Serves Darius

Daniel 6:15

KJV

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.