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Daniel 3:10-18 (Basic)

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¹⁰ You, O King, have given an order that every man, when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to his ears, is to go down on his face in worship before the image of gold: ¹¹ And anyone not falling down and worshipping is to be put into a burning and flaming fire. ¹² There are certain Jews whom you have put over the business of the land of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men have not given attention to you, O King: they are not servants of your gods or worshippers of the gold image which you have put ¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his wrath and passion gave orders for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego to be sent for. Then they made these men come in before the king. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you will not be servants of my god or give worship to the image of gold which I have put up? ¹⁵ Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same h ¹⁶ Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answering Nebuchadnezzar the king, said, There is no need for us to give you an answer to this question. ¹⁷ If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe. ¹⁸ But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 13) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Nebuchadnezzar - 3 Hebrews who refused to worship his idol
(v. 13) Courage - 3 Hebrews - refused to bow down to an idol
(v. 16) Courage - 3 Hebrews - refused to bow down to an idol
(v. 17) Courage - 3 Hebrews - refused to bow down to an idol
(v. 18) Courage - 3 Hebrews - refused to bow down to an idol

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 13) Pride's Angry Partner (2015-09-09)
(v. 16) No-Compromise Faithfullness (2015-03-14)
(v. 17) Prayer of the Righeous - More Powerful Than We Can Imagine (part II) (2013-03-06)
(v. 17) No-Compromise Faithfullness (2015-03-14)
(v. 18) Prayer of the Righeous - More Powerful Than We Can Imagine (part II) (2013-03-06)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 10) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 11) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 12) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 13) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 14) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 15) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 16) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 17) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)
(v. 18) Bible Talk: God can do more than we can ask (2013-03-08)

Definition(s):
Nebuchadnezzar (Neb-ukh-ad-nezz-ar): Nebuchadrezzar, tears and groans of judgment