The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Daniel 6:14 (NIV)

When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sunset to save him.

 

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Daniel 6:15 (NIV)

Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, ‘Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.’

 

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Daniel 6:16 (NIV)

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, ‘May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!’

 

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Daniel 6:17 (NIV)

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed.

 

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Daniel 6:18 (NIV)

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him.
And he could not sleep.

 

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Daniel 6:19 (NIV)

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den.

 

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Daniel 6:20 (NIV)

When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, ‘Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God,
whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?’

 

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Daniel 6:21 (NIV)

Daniel answered, ‘May the king live for ever!

 

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Daniel 6:22 (NIV)

My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight.
Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.’

 

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Daniel 6:23 (NIV)

The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den,
no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

 

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Daniel 6:24 (NIV)

At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

 

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Daniel 6:25 (NIV)

Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth:

‘May you prosper greatly!

 

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Daniel 6:26 (NIV)

‘I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.

‘For he is the living God
and he endures for ever;
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.

 

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Daniel 6:27 (NIV)

He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.’

 

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Daniel 6:28 (NIV)

So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

 

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Daniel 7:1 (NIV)

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed.
He wrote down the substance of his dream.

 

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Daniel 7:2 (NIV)

Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea.

 

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Daniel 7:3 (NIV)

Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

 

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Daniel 7:4 (NIV)

‘The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.

 

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Daniel 7:5 (NIV)

‘And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, “Get up and eat your fill of flesh!”