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Dan. 5:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Butd 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 praisedf the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, whichg see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breathh is, and whose are all thy waysi, hast thou not glorifiedk:

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Dan. 5:3‑4• ³Then they brought the golden vessels {i}that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.{/i}
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone. (Dan. 5:3‑4)

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Judg. 16:23• ²³{i}Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.{/i} (Judg. 16:23)

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Psa. 115:5‑8• ⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:5‑8)

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Isa. 37:19• ¹⁹and have cast their gods into the fire; for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:19)

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Acts 17:28‑29• ²⁸For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we.
²⁹Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:28‑29)

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Jer. 10:23• ²³{i}I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.{/i} (Jer. 10:23)

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Rom. 1:21• ²¹Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened. (Rom. 1:21)

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lifted.

Dan. 5:3‑4• ³Then they brought the golden vessels {i}that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.{/i}
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone. (Dan. 5:3‑4)

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2 Kings 14:10• ¹⁰{i}Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?{/i} (2 Kings 14:10)

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Isa. 2:12• ¹²For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low; (Isa. 2:12)

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Isa. 33:10• ¹⁰Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. (Isa. 33:10)

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Isa. 37:23• ²³Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high. (Isa. 37:23)

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Jer. 50:29• ²⁹Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer. 50:29)

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Ezek. 28:2,5,17• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God.
⁵by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
¹⁷Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:2,5,17)

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Ezek. 31:10• ¹⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; (Ezek. 31:10)

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Hab. 2:4• ⁴Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Hab. 2:4)

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1 Tim. 3:6• ⁶not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the devil's charge . (1 Tim. 3:6)

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Rev. 13:5‑6• ⁵And there was given him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemy; and there was given him authority to work forty-two months.
⁶And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle [and] those that tabernacle in the heaven. (Rev. 13:5‑6)

the Lord.

Dan. 4:37• ³⁷{i}Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.{/i} (Dan. 4:37)

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Gen. 14:19• ¹⁹{i}And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.{/i} (Gen. 14:19)

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Psa. 115:16• ¹⁶The heavens [are] heavens for Jehovah,{HR}And the earth he gave to the sons of man. (Psa. 115:16)

and they.

Dan. 5:2‑4• ²Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his princes, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein.
³Then they brought the golden vessels {i}that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.{/i}
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone. (Dan. 5:2‑4)

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1 Sam. 5:1‑9• ¹And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
²When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
³And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
⁴And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
⁵Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
⁶But the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and He destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
⁷And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for His hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
⁸{i}And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.{/i}
⁹{i}And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and{/i} He smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had hemorrhoids in their secret parts. (1 Sam. 5:1‑9)

hast praised.

Judg. 16:23• ²³{i}Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.{/i} (Judg. 16:23)

which.

Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols [are] silver and gold,{HR}Work of hands of man.
⁵A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶Ears they have, and they hear not;{HR}A nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they feel not;{HR}They have feet, and they walk not;{HR}They utter not with their throat.
⁸Like them are those making them,{HR}Every one who confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Psa. 135:15‑17• ¹⁵Idols of the nations [are] silver and gold,{HR}Works of man's hands.
¹⁶A mouth have they, and they speak not;{HR}Eyes have they, and they see not;
¹⁷Ears have they, and they hear not;{HR}Also there is no breath in their mouth. (Psa. 135:15‑17)

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Isa. 37:19• ¹⁹and have cast their gods into the fire; for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:19)

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Isa. 46:6‑7• ⁶Such as lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:6‑7)

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Hab. 2:18‑19• ¹⁸{i}What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?{/i}
¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. (Hab. 2:18‑19)

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1 Cor. 8:4• ⁴Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)

in whose.

Gen. 2:7• ⁷And Jehovah Elohim formed Man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)

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Job 12:10• ¹⁰In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing,{HR}And the spirit of all flesh of men? (Job 12:10)

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Job 34:14‑15• ¹⁴If he should set his heart on himself —{HR}Gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
¹⁵All flesh would expire together,{HR}And man return to dust. (Job 34:14‑15)

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Psa. 104:29• ²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;{HR}Thou withdrawest their breath,{HR}They expire and return to their dust. (Psa. 104:29)

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Psa. 146:4• ⁴His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth:{HR}In that very day his purposes perish. (Psa. 146:4)

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Isa. 42:5• ⁵Thus saith God Jehovah, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. (Isa. 42:5)

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Acts 17:25,28‑29• ²⁵Nor is he served by human hands as needing something more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and all things.
²⁸For in him we live and move and are; as also some of your own poets have said, For his off-spring also are we.
²⁹Being therefore God's off-spring, we ought not to think that the divinity is like gold, or silver or stone, graven by art and device of man. (Acts 17:25,28‑29)

and whose.

Job 31:4• ⁴Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? (Job 31:4)

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Psa. 139:3• ³Thou siftest my path and my lying down,{HR}And art acquainted with all my ways. (Psa. 139:3)

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Prov. 20:24• ²⁴The steps of a man [are] from Jehovah;{HR}And how can a man understand his own way? (Prov. 20:24)

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Jer. 10:23• ²³{i}I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps.{/i} (Jer. 10:23)

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Heb. 4:13• ¹³And not a creature is unmanifest in his sight; but all things [are] naked and laid bare to his eyes with whom [is] our account. (Heb. 4:13)

hast thou.

Rom. 1:21‑23• ²¹Because, having known God, they glorified him not as God nor were thankful, but became vain in their thoughts, and their heart void of understanding was darkened.
²²Professing to be wise, they became fools,
²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for a likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of winged and four-footed and creeping [creatures]. (Rom. 1:21‑23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, 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:

W. Kelly Translation

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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 nobles, 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.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)