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, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth.

The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

Hast praised

And the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to 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.

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

What profits the graven image, that the maker of it has engraved it, the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make dumb idols?

Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.

In whose

And 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 sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself,

Thou hide thy face, they are troubled. Thou 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, LORD, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth, he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those who walk in it,

nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.

And whose

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

Thou search out my path and my laying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

A man's goings are of LORD, how then can man understand his 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.

And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.

Hast thou

Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.

General references

Ye shall not make [other gods] with me; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make to you.

But the chief priests decided that they should kill Lazarus also,