Daniel 5:19

New Century Version

Because God made him important, all the people, nations, and those who spoke every language were very frightened of Nebuchadnezzar. If he wanted someone to die, he killed that person. If he wanted someone to live, he let that person live. Those he wanted to promote, he promoted. Those he wanted to be less important, he made less important.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:28

Evil-Merodach spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a seat of honor above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Proverbs 16:14

An angry king can put someone to death, so a wise person will try to make him happy.

Ecclesiastes 8:3

Don’t be too quick to leave the king. Don’t support something that is wrong, because the king does whatever he pleases.

Ezekiel 31:11

So I handed it over to a mighty ruler of the nations for him to punish it. Because it was evil, I got rid of it.

Daniel 11:12

and the soldiers will be carried away. The king of the South will then be very proud and will kill thousands of soldiers from the northern army, but he will not continue to be successful.

Daniel 11:16

So the king of the North will do whatever he wants; no one will be able to stand against him. He will gain power and control in the beautiful land of Israel and will have the power to destroy it.

Daniel 11:3

Then a mighty king will come, who will rule with great power and will do anything he wants.

Daniel 11:36

“The king of the North will do whatever he wants. He will brag about himself and praise himself and think he is even better than a god. He will say things against the God of gods that no one has ever heard. And he will be successful until all the bad things have happened. Then what God has planned to happen will happen.

Daniel 3:29

So I now give this command: Anyone from any nation or language who says anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn apart and have his house turned into a pile of stones. No other god can save his people like this.”

Daniel 3:4

Then the man who made announcements for the king said in a loud voice, “People, nations, and those of every language, this is what you are commanded to do:

Daniel 3:6

Anyone who doesn’t bow down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

Daniel 4:17

“ ‘The observers gave this command; the holy ones declared the sentence. This is so all people may know that the Most High God rules over every kingdom on earth. God gives those kingdoms to anyone he wants, and he chooses people to rule them who are not proud.’

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was very quiet for a while, because his understanding of the dream frightened him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its meaning make you afraid.” Then Belteshazzar answered, “My master, I wish the dream were about your enemies, and I wish its meaning were for those who are against you!

Daniel 4:22

O king, you are that tree! You have become great and powerful, like the tall tree that touched the sky. Your power reaches to the far parts of the earth.

Habakkuk 2:5

“Just as wine can trick a person, those who are too proud will not last, because their desire is like a grave’s desire for death, and like death they always want more. They gather other nations for themselves and collect for themselves all the countries.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “The only power you have over me is the power given to you by God. The man who turned me in to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

Romans 13:1

All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and with the blood of your death you bought people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.