All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrat
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardl
A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
And whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.”
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing fiery furnace.
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from S