Daniel 5:22

And you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though all this you have known;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21and he is driven from the sons of men, and his heart has been like with the beasts, and with the wild donkeys [is] his dwelling; they cause him to eat the herb like oxen, and by the dew of the heavens is his body wet, until he has known that God Most High is ruler in the kingdom of men, and whom He wills He raises up over it.

23and against the Lord of the heavens you have lifted up yourself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before you, and you, and your great men, your wives, and your concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, you have praised: and the God in whose hand [is] your breath, and all your ways, Him you have not honored.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:23and has not been humbled before YHWH, like the humbling of his father Manasseh, for Amon himself has multiplied guilt.

Psalms 119:46And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, || And I am not ashamed.

Daniel 5:18you, O king, God Most High, a kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and honor, gave to your father Nebuchadnezzar:

Matthew 21:32for John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, and the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and you, having seen, did not regret at last—to believe him.

John 13:17if you have known these things, you are blessed if you may do them;

Acts 5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, “It is required to obey God, rather than men;

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30

Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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