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 honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths 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 heavens and earth.

The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Hast praised

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, "Our god has given 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; and they have destroyed them.

They 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, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God save one.

In whose

And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, 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 spirit of all flesh of man.

If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust.

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

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

nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving 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;

The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.

And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do.

Hast thou

Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:

General references

Ye shall not make beside me gods of silver, and ye shall not make to you gods of gold.

But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also,