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 those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

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

The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Hast praised

And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath 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 maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

In whose

And Jehovah 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 set his heart upon himself, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

And whose

Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

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

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Hast thou

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

General references

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

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