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Butd hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praisedf the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, whichg see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breathh is, and whose are all thy waysi, hast thou not glorifiedk:

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Dan. 5:3‑4• ³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Dan. 5:3‑4)

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Judg. 16:23• ²³Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands. (Judg. 16:23)

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Psa. 115:5‑8• ⁵They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.
⁸They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them. (Psa. 115:5‑8)

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Isa. 37:19• ¹⁹and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:19)

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Acts 17:28‑29• ²⁸for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
²⁹Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination. (Acts 17:28‑29)

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Jer. 10:23• ²³I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jer. 10:23)

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Rom. 1:21• ²¹Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: (Rom. 1:21)

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lifted.

Dan. 5:3‑4• ³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Dan. 5:3‑4)

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2 Kings 14:10• ¹⁰Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: boast thyself, and abide at home; for why shouldest thou contend with misfortune, that thou shouldest fall, thou, and Judah with thee? (2 Kings 14:10)

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Isa. 2:12• ¹²For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low; (Isa. 2:12)

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Isa. 33:10• ¹⁰Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself. (Isa. 33:10)

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Isa. 37:23• ²³Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high. (Isa. 37:23)

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Jer. 50:29• ²⁹Call together the archers against Babylon, all those that bend the bow: encamp against her round about; let there be no escaping: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath acted proudly against Jehovah, against the Holy One of Israel. (Jer. 50:29)

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Ezek. 28:2,5,17• ²Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a *god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not *God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:
⁵by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches.
¹⁷Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:2,5,17)

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Ezek. 31:10• ¹⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast lifted up thyself in stature, … and he hath set his top amidst the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height, (Ezek. 31:10)

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Hab. 2:4• ⁴Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Hab. 2:4)

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1 Tim. 3:6• ⁶not a novice, that he may not, being inflated, fall into the fault of the devil. (1 Tim. 3:6)

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Rev. 13:5‑6• ⁵And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.
⁶And it opened its mouth for blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, and those who have their tabernacle in the heaven. (Rev. 13:5‑6)

the Lord.

Dan. 4:37• ³⁷Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)

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Gen. 14:19• ¹⁹And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High *God, possessor of heavens and earth. (Gen. 14:19)

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Psa. 115:16• ¹⁶The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah, but the earth hath he given to the children of men. (Psa. 115:16)

and they.

Dan. 5:2‑4• ²Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink in them.
³Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.
⁴They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. (Dan. 5:2‑4)

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1 Sam. 5:1‑9• ¹And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
²And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
³And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
⁴And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him.
⁵Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
⁶And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he laid them waste, and smote them with hemorrhoids,--Ashdod and its borders.
⁷And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is severe upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
⁸And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
⁹And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke out upon them. (1 Sam. 5:1‑9)

hast praised.

Judg. 16:23• ²³Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands. (Judg. 16:23)

which.

Psa. 115:4‑8• ⁴Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
⁵They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
⁶They have ears, and they hear not; a nose have they, and they smell not;
⁷They have hands, and they handle not; feet have they, and they walk not; they give no sound through their throat.
⁸They that make them are like unto them,--every one that confideth in them. (Psa. 115:4‑8)

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Psa. 135:15‑17• ¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:
¹⁶They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;
¹⁷They have ears, and they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouth. (Psa. 135:15‑17)

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Isa. 37:19• ¹⁹and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. (Isa. 37:19)

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Isa. 46:6‑7• ⁶--They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance; they hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a *god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
⁷They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place; there he standeth, he doth not remove from his place: yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not; he saveth him not out of his trouble. (Isa. 46:6‑7)

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Hab. 2:18‑19• ¹⁸What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
¹⁹Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. (Hab. 2:18‑19)

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1 Cor. 8:4• ⁴--concerning then the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)

in whose.

Gen. 2:7• ⁷And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)

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Job 12:10• ¹⁰In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man. (Job 12:10)

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Job 34:14‑15• ¹⁴If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,
¹⁵All flesh would expire together, and man would return to the dust. (Job 34:14‑15)

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Psa. 104:29• ²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they expire and return to their dust. (Psa. 104:29)

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Psa. 146:4• ⁴His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his purposes perish. (Psa. 146:4)

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Isa. 42:5• ⁵Thus saith *God, Jehovah, he that created the heavens and stretched them out, he that spread forth the earth and its productions, he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: (Isa. 42:5)

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Acts 17:25,28‑29• ²⁵nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;
²⁸for in him we live and move and exist; as also some of the poets amongst you have said, For we are also his offspring.
²⁹Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination. (Acts 17:25,28‑29)

and whose.

Job 31:4• ⁴Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps? (Job 31:4)

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Psa. 139:3• ³Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways; (Psa. 139:3)

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Prov. 20:24• ²⁴The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way? (Prov. 20:24)

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Jer. 10:23• ²³I know, Jehovah, that the way of man is not his own; it is not in a man that walketh to direct his steps. (Jer. 10:23)

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Heb. 4:13• ¹³And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:13)

hast thou.

Rom. 1:21‑23• ²¹Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:
²²professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
²³and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and quadrupeds and reptiles. (Rom. 1:21‑23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: