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 right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the children of man.

Hast praised

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand."

Which

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human 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 were destroyed.

Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!

"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one."

In whose

then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,

When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

And whose

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

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

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

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

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Hast thou

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

General references

You shall not make gods of silver to be with me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold.

So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,