Daniel 6:20
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Cross-reference
In Daniel 6:16, the king's initial wish for rescue is echoed verbatim here when he asks the same hopeful question at the den.
In Daniel 6:22, Daniel directly answers the king’s question, confirming God sent an angel to shut the lions’ mouths.
Daniel 3:17 is the faithful confession that 'our God is able to deliver' — the same confidence Daniel's continual service implies.
In Daniel 3:28, the king praises God for delivering those who trusted him — prefiguring the same recognition after Daniel's rescue.
In Daniel 3:26, Nebuchadnezzar praises God for delivering the three men — the same pattern of pagan king recognizing God’s deliverance.
Daniel 3:29 records Nebuchadnezzar's decree honoring God after deliverance — a different king's response, but related to the outcome Darius later seeks.
Luke 18:1 teaches persistent prayer—mirroring Daniel's continual prayer despite life-threatening opposition.
Jude 1:24 praises God 'who is able to keep you from stumbling' — the same keeping power that preserved Daniel in the den.
Hebrews 7:25 says Christ 'is able to save to the uttermost' — Daniel's deliverance prefigures Christ's ultimate salvation.
2 Timothy 4:16-18 mentions rescue from the lion's mouth — Paul directly echoes Daniel's deliverance, seeing the same saving power.
2 Timothy 1:12 expresses Paul's conviction that God is able to guard what is entrusted — Daniel's faithful service shows God guarding him in the den.
Luke 1:37 states 'Nothing will be impossible with God' — directly reassures the king's doubt about God's power to deliver.
Acts 16:17 calls Paul and Silas 'bond-servants of the Most High God,' directly paralleling Daniel's title 'servant of the living God.'
Hebrews 11:33 explicitly references Daniel's faith that shut the mouths of lions, directly linking to this deliverance.
2 Corinthians 1:10 describes past and future deliverance — Paul's confidence mirrors Daniel's experience of being rescued from deadly peril.
In Isaiah 36:14, the Assyrian commander scoffs at Hezekiah’s ability to deliver — contrasting with the king’s hopeful question about God’s deliverance.
In Isaiah 44:17, idolaters pray to man-made idols for deliverance — contrasting with Daniel’s living God whom the king invokes.
Acts 6:4 shows apostles devoting themselves to prayer—a parallel to Daniel's devotion to serving God continually.
2 Timothy 2:24 describes the Lord's bond-servant's character — Daniel embodies that as a servant of the living God.