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Dan. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:

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I Nebuchadnezzar.After he had successfully finished his wars in Syria, Egypt, etc., and the immense improvements and buildings at Babylon, and in the enjoyment of uninterrupted peace and prosperity in his palace.was.

Psa. 30:6‑7• ⁶And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
⁷Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. (Psa. 30:6‑7)

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Isa. 47:7‑8• ⁷And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
⁸Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: (Isa. 47:7‑8)

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Isa. 56:12• ¹²Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:12)

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Jer. 48:11• ¹¹Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. (Jer. 48:11)

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Ezek. 28:2‑5,17• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
³Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
⁴With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
⁵By thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
¹⁷Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:2‑5,17)

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Ezek. 29:3• ³Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezek. 29:3)

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Zeph. 1:12• ¹²And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil. (Zeph. 1:12)

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Luke 12:19‑20• ¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:19‑20)

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1 Thess. 5:2‑3• ²For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
³For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thess. 5:2‑3)

• He had attained the summit of all human ambition. Monarch of all the kingdoms of the earth, his authority undisputed, prosperous in all his undertakings, with nothing to disturb his tranquility, whether as touching his public or his private affairs; he was in peace in his house, and flourishing in his palace....And he was, it would seem, happy, but without God. (“Daniel 4” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.