Daniel 4:30

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Daniel 4:28–32 · Berean Standard Bible

28 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

29 Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

32 You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

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Daniel 5:20

But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.

Psalms 73:8

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Habakkuk 1:15

The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.

Habakkuk 1:16

Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

Habakkuk 2:4

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —

Habakkuk 2:5

and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.

Luke 12:19

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

1 Peter 5:5

Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Genesis 10:10

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 11:2

And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:3

And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Genesis 11:4

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Genesis 11:5

Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

Genesis 11:7

Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Genesis 11:9

That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Revelation 16:19

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

Revelation 17:5

And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Revelation 18:10

In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”

Revelation 18:21

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

1 Chronicles 29:12

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

1 Chronicles 29:13

Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

2 Chronicles 2:5

The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?

Isaiah 10:8

“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

Isaiah 10:9

“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Isaiah 10:10

As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

Isaiah 10:11

and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”

Isaiah 10:12

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Isaiah 10:13

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

Isaiah 10:14

My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”

Isaiah 10:15

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Isaiah 37:24

Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

Isaiah 37:25

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

Ezekiel 28:3

Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

Ezekiel 28:4

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.

Ezekiel 28:5

By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

Ezekiel 29:3

Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

Daniel 5:18

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Daniel 5:19

Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.

Esther 1:4

And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.

Psalms 49:20

A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

Psalms 104:1

Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

Psalms 145:5

the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.

Psalms 145:6

They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.

Psalms 145:7

They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

Psalms 145:8

The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

Psalms 145:9

The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.

Psalms 145:10

All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.

Psalms 145:11

They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,

Psalms 145:12

to make known to men Your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your kingdom.

1 Corinthians 10:31

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

Revelation 21:24

By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

Revelation 21:25

Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.

Revelation 21:26

And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.