Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

Cross References (38)

  • Job 12:10 (9)

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

  • Daniel 4:37 (6)

    Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are

  • Isaiah 2:12 (5)

    For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbl

  • Jeremiah 10:23 (5)

    I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.

  • Isaiah 37:23 (5)

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the

  • Job 31:4 (4)

    Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

  • Proverbs 20:24 (4)

    A man’s steps are from the LORD, so how can anyone understand his own way?

  • Psalms 115:4–8 (4)

    Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

  • Jeremiah 50:29 (4)

    Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her accordin

  • 2 Kings 14:10 (3)

    You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up t

  • Romans 1:21–23 (3)

    For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their th

  • Isaiah 37:19 (3)

    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of

  • Hebrews 4:13 (3)

    Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom w

  • Psalms 139:3 (3)

    You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

  • Daniel 5:2–4 (3)

    Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his

  • Habakkuk 2:18–19 (3)

    What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own cr

  • Psalms 146:4 (2)

    When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

  • Ezekiel 28:5 (2)

    By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

  • Genesis 2:7 (2)

    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man

  • Isaiah 42:5 (2)

    This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offsp

  • 1 Corinthians 8:4 (2)

    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God

  • 1 Timothy 3:6 (2)

    He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

  • Revelation 13:5–6 (2)

    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

  • Ezekiel 31:10 (2)

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew

  • Psalms 135:15–17 (2)

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

  • Isaiah 46:6–7 (2)

    They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they

  • Psalms 104:29 (2)

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

  • Isaiah 33:10 (2)

    “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

  • Acts 17:28–29 (2)

    ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

  • Ezekiel 28:2 (2)

    “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a

  • Acts 17:25 (2)

    Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everyth

  • Judges 16:23 (2)

    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon. They rejoiced and said

  • Ezekiel 28:17 (2)

    Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I

  • Psalms 115:16 (2)

    The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

  • Genesis 14:19 (2)

    and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

  • 1 Samuel 5:1–9 (2)

    After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,

  • Habakkuk 2:4 (2)

    Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

  • Job 34:14–15 (2)

    If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,