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, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:

The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

Hast praised

And the chiefs of the Philistines came together to make a great offering to Dagon their god, and to be glad; for they said, Our god has given into our hands Samson our hater.

Which

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

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

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

In whose

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him 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 flesh of man.

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

And whose

Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.

And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Hast thou

Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

General references

Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.

Now there was talk among the chief priests of putting Lazarus to death;