Daniel 5:23

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:

The lord

Daniel 4:37

Genesis 14:19

Psalm 115:16

Hast praised

Judges 16:23

Which

In whose

Acts 17:25

And whose

Hebrews 4:13

Hast thou

Romans 1:21

General references

Exodus 20:23

John 12:10

Bible References

The lord

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth has he given to the children of men.

Hast praised

Then the lords of the Philistines gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

Which

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

What profits the graven image that its maker has shaped it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make dumb idols?

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

In whose

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk in it:

Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;

And whose

Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

A man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Hast thou

Because, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

General references

You shall not make to be with me gods of silver, neither shall you make unto you gods of gold.

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