Daniel:6:4-13
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Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom ;
but they could find none occasion nor fault ;
forasmuch as he was faithful ,
neither was there any error or fault found in him .
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Then said these men ,
We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel ,
except we find it against him concerning the law of his God .
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Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king ,
and said thus unto him ,
King Darius ,
live for ever .
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All 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 .
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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 .
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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree .
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Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed ,
he went into his house ;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem ,
he kneeled upon his knees three times a day ,
and prayed ,
and gave thanks before his God ,
as he did aforetime .
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Then these men assembled ,
and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God .
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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 .
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Then answered they and said before the king ,
That Daniel ,
which is of the children of the captivity of Judah ,
regardeth not thee ,
O king ,
nor the decree that thou hast signed ,
but maketh his petition three times a day .