Daniel 5
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 5:1 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine in front of them all. 1
- 5:5 At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the palace wall, across from the lampstand. The king watched the hand as it wrote. 1
- 5:6 Then the king turned pale. His thoughts terrified him, his legs gave way, and his knees knocked together. 1
- 5:18 O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar the kingdom, greatness, glory and majesty. 1
- 5:19 Because of the greatness he gave him, all the peoples, nations and people of every language trembled and were afraid of him. He put to death anyone he wanted to, and let live anyone he wanted to. He raised up anyone he wanted to, and humbled anyone he wanted to. 1
- 5:27 TEKEL: you have been weighed on the scales and found too light. 1
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Where it is preached
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
December cites Dan. v. 1
…comes from His side.—J. Hudson Taylor. December 5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast. Dan. v. 1. There was one Guest not invited, but He came, and the work of His finger glowed upon the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Eternity of God cites Dan 5:5
…be as the handwriting upon the wall, it should ‘make their joints to be loosed,’ &c. Dan 5:5. The sinner takes liberty to sin he breaks God’s laws, like a wild beast that breaks over…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Victory not to be had without fighting cites Dan. v. 6
…then those that feared least out of danger fear most in danger, as we see in Balthasar, Dan. v. 6. 2. It is spiritual government, and therefore the less will flesh endure it: Christ's…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 20 — Of Civil Government cites Dan. 5:18
…that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him” (Dan. 5:18, 19). When we hear that the king was appointed by God, let us, at the same time, call to…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Dan. 5.19
…on Nebuchadnezzar, of whom it is said, He had given him all the kingdoms of the earth (Dan. 5.19). Yet, I thought, if this great man had all his portion in this world, one hour in hell…
- Morning by Morning ·
June cites Daniel 5:27
…swallowed up in thee.” June 12 “Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.” (Daniel 5:27) It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God's Word. You will find it a…