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, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,

The heavens are the Lord’s,
but the earth He has given to the human race.

Hast praised

Now the Philistine leaders gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said:

Our god has handed over
our enemy Samson to us.

Which

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.

They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

Those who pour out their bags of gold
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.

What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.

About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”

In whose

Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

The life of every living thing is in His hand,
as well as the breath of all mankind.

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.

When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.

This is what God, Yahweh, says—
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 life to those who walk on it—

Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

And whose

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

You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.

A man’s steps are determined by the Lord,
so how can anyone understand his own way?

I know, Lord,
that a man’s way of life is not his own;
no one who walks determines his own steps.

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

Hast thou

For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.

General references

You must not make gods of silver to rival Me; you must not make gods of gold for yourselves.

Therefore the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also