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, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

and he blesseth him, and saith, 'Blessed is Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth;

The heavens -- the heavens are Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

Hast praised

and the princes of the Philistines have been gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they say, 'Our god hath given into our hand Samson our enemy.'

Which

Their idols are silver and gold, work of man's hands,

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

so as to put their gods into fire -- for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

In whose

And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

In whose hand is the breath of every living thing, And the spirit of all flesh of man.'

If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.

His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

Thus said God, Jehovah, preparing The heavens, and stretching them out, Spreading out the earth and its productions, Giving breath to the people on it, And spirit to those walking in it.

neither by the hands of men is He served -- needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;

And whose

Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?

My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.

From Jehovah are the steps of a man, And man -- how understandeth he his way?

I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man is his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes -- with whom is our reckoning.

Hast thou

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

General references

ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,