"But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and t…" — Daniel 5:23

Daniel 5:23 · KJV

“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:”

— Daniel 5:23

Verse 22

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Verse 24

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

Daniel 5 — Context

And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling {was} with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and {that} he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. {his heart...: or, he made his heart equal, etc}

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

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:

Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

And this {is} the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

Cross References

Job 12:10

In whose hand {is} the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. {soul: or, life} {all...: Heb. all flesh of man}

Daniel 4:37

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works {are} truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day of the LORD of hosts {shall be} upon every {one that is} proud and lofty, and upon every {one that is} lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

Isaiah 37:23

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted {thy} voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? {even} against the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:23

O LORD, I know that the way of man {is} not in himself: {it is} not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Jeremiah 50:29

Call 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 the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.

Job 31:4

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

Proverbs 20:24

Man's goings {are} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?