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 exalt and honor the king of heaven, for all his works [are] truth, and his ways [are] justice and that he is able to humble those who walk in pride."

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed [be] Abram by God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth.

The heavens [are] Yahweh's heavens, but the earth he has given to [the] children of humankind.

Hast praised

The rulers of [the] Philistines had gathered to sacrifice 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 the hands of humankind.

to {set} their gods in the fire, for they [were] not gods, but [the] work of human hands, wood and stone, and they destroyed them.

Those who lavish gold from [the] purse and weigh out silver in the balance scales; hire {a goldsmith} and he makes him a god; they bow down, indeed they bow in worship.

What value [is] an idol when its carver has fashioned it, a molten idol, a teacher of lies? For [he who] fashioned his creation trusts in it, [though] making mute idols!

Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol [is] nothing in the world" and that "[there is] no God except one."

In whose

when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

In whose hand [is] the life of all living things and {the breath of every human being}?

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

You hide your face, they are terrified. You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

His breath departs; he returns to his plot; on that day his plans perish.

Thus says the God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it.

nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.

And whose

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

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

[Away] from Yahweh are the steps of a strong man, and how will humankind understand his ways?

I know, Yahweh, that to the human [is] not his [own] way, nor to a person [is the] walking and the directing of his [own] step.

And no creature is hidden in the sight of him, but all [things are] naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom {we must give our account}.

Hast thou

For [although they] knew God, they did not honor [him] as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their reasoning, and their senseless hearts were darkened.

General references

You will not make alongside me gods of silver, and gods of gold you will not make for yourselves.

So the chief priests decided that they would kill Lazarus also,