Daniel 5:4

God's Word

They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, or stone.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

Adonijah’s guests were frightened, so they got up and scattered in all directions.

Isaiah 42:17

Then those who trust idols and those who say to statues, “You are our gods” will be turned away and put to shame.

Isaiah 42:8

I am the Lord; that is my name. I will not give my glory to anyone else or the praise I deserve to idols.

Daniel 1:8

Daniel made up his mind not to harm himself by eating the king’s rich food and drinking the king’s wine. So he asked the chief-of-staff for permission not to harm himself in this way.

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor, and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is true, his ways are right, and he can humiliate those who act arrogantly.

Daniel 5:23

But you made yourself greater than the Lord of heaven. You had the utensils from his temple brought to you. You, your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them. You praised your gods made of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, or stone. These gods can’t see, hear, or know anything. You didn’t honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.

Daniel 5:3

So the servants brought the gold utensils that had been taken from God’s temple in Jerusalem. The king, his nobles, wives, and concubines drank from them.

Daniel 5:5

Suddenly, the fingers of a person’s hand appeared and wrote on the plaster wall opposite the lamp stand of the royal palace. The king watched as the hand wrote.

Amos 6:7

That is why they will now be the first to go into exile. The celebrating of those sprawled around the banquet table will stop.

Habakkuk 2:19

‘How horrible it will be for the one who says to a piece of wood, “Wake up!” and to a stone that cannot talk, “Get up!” ’ Can that thing teach ⌞anyone⌟? Just look at it! It’s covered with gold and silver, but there’s absolutely no life in it.”

Acts 17:29

So if we are God’s children, we shouldn’t think that the divine being is like an image made from gold, silver, or stone, an image that is the product of human imagination and skill.