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 truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

The heavens are the heavens of Yahweh; but the earth has he given to the children of men.

Hast praised

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

Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down -- yes, they worship.

"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

In whose

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

And whose

Doesn't 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 Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

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

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Hast thou

Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

General references

You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,