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

In conclusion, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and give glory to the King of heaven: For everything he does is true, his ways are just, and he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

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

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but he gave the earth to human beings.

Hast praised

Some time later, the Philistine officials got together to present a magnificent sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to throw a party, because they were claiming, "Our god has given Samson into our control!"

Which

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

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

and have thrown their gods into the fire but they are not gods, but rather the products of human hands, mere wood and stone. So the Assyrians destroyed them.

Those who pour out gold in a purse, weigh silver in a balance, hire a goldsmith in order to make a god, and then they bow down and even worship it.

"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image a teacher that lies because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.

Now concerning eating food offered to idols: We know that no idol is real in this world and that there is only one God.

In whose

So the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground, breathed life into his lungs, and the man became a living being.

and that the life of every living thing rests in his control, along with the breath of every living human being?

If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life,

When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!

This is what God says the God who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its produce, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

and he isn't served by people as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.

And whose

He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?"

You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.

A man's steps are directed by the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way?

LORD, I know that a person's life is not his to control, nor does a person establish his way in life.

No creature can hide from him, but everyone is exposed and helpless before the eyes of the one to whom we must give a word of explanation.

Hast thou

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him. Instead, their thoughts turned to worthless things, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

General references

You are not to make gods of silver alongside me, nor are you to make for yourselves gods of gold.

So the high priests planned to kill Lazarus, too,