Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Hast praised

Hast thou

General references

Bible References

The lord

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.”
Genesis 14:19
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said,

“Blessed (joyful, favored) be Abram by God Most High,
Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;
Psalm 115:16

The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.

Hast praised

Judges 16:23
Now the Philistine lords gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to celebrate, for they said,

“Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands!”

Which

Psalm 115:4

The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
Psalm 135:15

The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
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 46:6

“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.
Habakkuk 2:18

“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.
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.

In whose

Genesis 2:7
then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].
Job 12:10

In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
Job 34:14

“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 146:4

When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the Lord says,

He who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its produce,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk on it,
Acts 17:25
nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.

And whose

Job 31:4

“Does not God see my ways
And count all my steps?
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?
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].
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.

Hast thou

Romans 1:21
For even though they knew God [as the Creator], they did not honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.

General references

Exodus 20:23
You shall not make other gods [to worship] besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make [these lifeless idols] for yourselves.
John 12:10
So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus also,