Daniel 5:23
And you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But the God who holds in His hand your breath of life and your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and defied].
Job 12:10
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
Jeremiah 10:23
O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].
Job 31:4
“Does not God see my ways
And count all my steps?
Psalm 115:4-8
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Jeremiah 50:29
“Call together many [archers] against Babylon,
All those who bend the bow.
Encamp against her on every side;
Let no one from there escape.
Repay her according to her actions;
Just as she has done, do to her.
For she has been proudly defiant and presumptuous against the Lord,
Against the Holy One of Israel.
Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and faithful and His ways are just, and He is able to humiliate and humble those who walk in [self-centered, self-righteous] pride.”
2 Kings 14:10
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has lifted you up [in pride]. Enjoy your glory but stay at home; for why should you plunge into misery so that you, even you, would fall [at my hand], and Judah with you?”
Psalm 139:3
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Proverbs 20:24
Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.
How then can a man [fully] understand his way?
Isaiah 2:12
For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against all who are proud and arrogant
And against all who are lifted up,
That they may be degraded.
Isaiah 37:19
and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 37:23
“Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
Habakkuk 2:18-19
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God
Genesis 14:19
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said,
Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;
Judges 16:23
Now the Philistine lords gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to celebrate, for they said,
1 Samuel 5:1-9
Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to
Job 34:14-15
“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
Psalm 104:29
You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.
Psalm 115:16
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Psalm 135:15-17
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
Psalm 146:4
When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
Isaiah 33:10
“Now I will arise,” says the Lord.
“Now I will be exalted; now I will be lifted up.
Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the Lord says,
Who spread out the earth and its produce,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk on it,
Isaiah 46:6-7
“Those who lavish gold from the bag
And weigh out silver on the scales
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
Ezekiel 28:2
“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
And you have said and thought, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are [only] a man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God,
Though you [imagine yourself to be more than mortal and] think your mind is as [wise as] the mind of God—
Ezekiel 28:5
By your great wisdom and by your trade
You have increased your riches and power,
And your heart is proud and arrogant because of your wealth;
Ezekiel 28:17
“Your heart was proud and arrogant because of your beauty;
You destroyed your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I lay you before kings,
That they might look at you.
Ezekiel 31:10
‘Therefore thus says the Lord God, “Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the thick boughs and the clouds, and its heart is proud of its height,
Daniel 5:2-4
Belshazzar, as he tasted the wine, gave a command to bring in the gold and silver vessels which his
Habakkuk 2:4
“Look at the proud one,
His soul is not right within him,
But the righteous will live by his faith [in the true God].
Acts 17:25
nor is He
Acts 17:28-29
For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of
Romans 1:21-23
For even though
1 Corinthians 8:4
In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one.
1 Timothy 3:6
and He must not be a new convert, so that he will not [behave stupidly and] become conceited [by appointment to this high office] and fall into the [same] condemnation incurred by the devil [for his arrogance and pride].
Hebrews 4:13
And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.
Revelation 13:5-6
And the beast was given a mouth (the power of speech), uttering great things and arrogant and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom and authority to act and to do as he pleased for
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The lord
Hast praised
Hast thou
General references
Bible References
The lord
Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
Hast praised
Which
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
“Those who lavish gold from the bag
And weigh out silver on the scales
Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
They bow down, indeed they worship it.
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
In whose
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
You hide Your face, they are dismayed;
You take away their breath, they die
And return to their dust.
When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
Who spread out the earth and its produce,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk on it,
And whose
“Does not God see my ways
And count all my steps?
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Man’s steps are ordered and ordained by the Lord.
How then can a man [fully] understand his way?
O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].