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.

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.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.

And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.

But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.