The document summarizes a passage from the book of Daniel describing how Daniel's enemies tried to find fault with him but could not due to his integrity, faithfulness and avoidance of corruption. They conspired to trick the king into issuing a decree preventing prayer to any god but himself for 30 days, knowing Daniel would disobey and pray to his God as usual. When the decree was issued, Daniel continued praying openly in defiance of it, risking being thrown to the lions as punishment.