| Daniel 6:2 | And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel [was] first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. |
| Daniel 6:3 | Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit [was] in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. |
| Daniel 6:4 | 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. |
| Daniel 6:6 | Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. |
| Daniel 6:7 | 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. |