Daniel 6:9
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Daniel 6:9 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Daniel 6:9 is a verse from the book of Daniel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Daniel 6:9 — KJV
“Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.”
— Daniel 6:9 (KJV)
Daniel 6:9 in Context — About the Book of Daniel
Daniel proves you can serve God at full integrity inside a hostile empire. Lions' den, fiery furnace, interpreted dreams, and twenty-one-day prayer battles — Daniel and his friends out-pray and out-live every decree against them, while visions unveil God's rule over all kingdoms and centuries.
Cross-References for Daniel 6:9
“Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. rolls: Chaldee, books laid up: Chaldee, made to descend”
Shares key themes with Daniel 6:9: king, darius, decree
“And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 6:9: king, darius, decree
“And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. commandment: Chaldee, decree”
Shares key themes with Daniel 6:9: king, darius, decree
“Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 6:9: king, writing, decree
“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.”
Shares key themes with Daniel 6:9: king, signed, decree
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