In addition, he chose Daniel and two others to supervise the governors and to look after the king's interests.

Daniel soon showed that he could do better work than the other supervisors or the governors. Because he was so outstanding, the king considered putting him in charge of the whole empire.

Then the king gave orders for all his officials to come together---the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, commissioners, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces. They were to attend the dedication of the statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

All the princes, governors, lieutenant governors, and other officials of the king gathered to look at the three men, who had not been harmed by the fire. Their hair was not singed, their clothes were not burned, and there was no smell of smoke on them.

Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.

Look! They are waiting to kill me; cruel people are gathering against me. It is not because of any sin or wrong I have done,

You only want to bring him down from his place of honor; you take pleasure in lies. You speak words of blessing, but in your heart you curse him.

O God, do not keep silent; do not be still, do not be quiet!

They are making secret plans against your people; they are plotting against those you protect.

You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

My people, remember what King Balak of Moab planned to do to you and how Balaam son of Beor answered him. Remember the things that happened on the way from the camp at Acacia to Gilgal. Remember these things and you will realize what I did in order to save you."

Then the Pharisees left and made plans to kill Jesus.

and made plans to arrest Jesus secretly and put him to death.

Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the elders, the teachers of the Law, and the whole Council, and made their plans. They put Jesus in chains, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus too,

The next day the Jewish leaders, the elders, and the teachers of the Law gathered in Jerusalem.

They made the apostles stand before them and asked them, "How did you do this? What power do you have or whose name did you use?"

The kings of the earth prepared themselves, and the rulers met together against the Lord and his Messiah.'

They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.

Anyone who does not bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace."

and that anyone who does not bow down and worship it is to be thrown into a blazing furnace.

they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.

The lion killed his prey and tore it to pieces for his mate and her cubs; he filled his den with torn flesh.