Daniel 5:1

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King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

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  • Esth 1:3 : 3 In the third year of his reign, he held a banquet for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials of the provinces were present before him.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.
  • Isa 22:14 : 14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: 'Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die,' says the Lord, the LORD of Hosts.
  • Jer 51:39 : 39 While they are heated up, I will prepare their feast and make them drunk, so they will revel and then sleep a perpetual sleep, never to wake up, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make her officials, wise men, governors, commanders, and warriors drunk, and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, declares the King, whose name is the Lord of Hosts.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.
  • Mark 6:21-22 : 21 Finally, the opportune time came. On his birthday, Herod gave a banquet for his high officials, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee. 22 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, 'Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.'
  • Isa 21:4-5 : 4 My heart staggers; terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me. 5 Prepare the table, set a watchman in the watchtower, eat and drink. Rise up, you princes, and anoint the shield!
  • Gen 40:20 : 20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he held a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his servants.

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  • Dan 5:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

    2 Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that the gold and silver vessels his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem be brought in, so that the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink from them.

    3 So the gold vessels taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem were brought in, and the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

    4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

    5 At that very moment, the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

    6 Then the king’s face turned pale, and his thoughts terrified him. His hips became weak, and his knees knocked together.

  • Dan 5:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.

    9 So King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face turned pale, and his nobles were baffled.

    10 The queen, hearing the words of the king and his nobles, entered the banquet hall. She said, 'May the king live forever! Don’t let your thoughts terrify you, and don’t let your face be pale.'

  • Dan 5:22-24
    3 verses
    77%

    22 But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

    23 Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.

    24 Therefore, He sent the hand that wrote this inscription.

  • Dan 5:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, put a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

    30 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.

  • Esth 1:7-10
    4 verses
    76%

    7 Drinks were served in golden goblets of various designs, and the royal wine flowed in abundance, as befits the king's generosity.

    8 The drinking was done according to royal decree with no restrictions, for the king had ordered all the stewards of his household to allow each person to drink as they desired.

    9 Queen Vashti also held a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Ahasuerus.

    10 On the seventh day, when the king was in high spirits from the wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

  • Esth 1:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2 At that time, King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.

    3 In the third year of his reign, he held a banquet for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials of the provinces were present before him.

    4 He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his majestic greatness for many days—one hundred and eighty days in total.

    5 When these days were over, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people who were present in the citadel of Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the courtyard of the garden of the king's palace.

  • Dan 1:5
    72%

    5 The king assigned them a daily portion from the royal food and wine that he drank. They were to be trained for three years, and at the end of that time, they were to serve before the king.

  • Ezra 1:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Thirty gold bowls, four hundred and ten silver bowls of a second type, and one thousand other articles.

    11 The total number of gold and silver articles was five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar brought up when the exiles were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

  • Jer 25:26
    71%

    26 And all the kings of the north, near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after them, the king of Sheshach will drink.

  • Neh 5:17
    70%

    17 Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and officials, as well as those who came to us from the surrounding nations.

  • Dan 7:1
    69%

    1 In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions in his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and recorded the main points.

  • Jer 35:5
    69%

    5 Then I set bowls full of wine and cups before the sons of the house of the Rechabites and said to them, 'Drink wine.'

  • Gen 43:34
    69%

    34 Joseph sent portions from his table to them, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

  • Dan 4:6
    69%

    6 O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too difficult for you. Here are the visions of my dream that I saw; interpret them for me.

  • Dan 1:13
    69%

    13 Then compare our appearance with that of the other youths who are eating the royal food, and deal with your servants according to what you see.

  • Jer 51:7
    69%

    7 Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, intoxicating the whole earth. The nations drank her wine; therefore, they have gone mad.

  • Ezra 6:1
    69%

    1 Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives where treasures were stored in Babylon.

  • Dan 5:15
    69%

    15 Now, the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not explain the meaning.

  • Esth 5:5
    68%

    5 The king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so we may do as Esther asks." So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.

  • Dan 1:2
    68%

    2 The Lord delivered Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with some of the vessels from the house of God, into his hand. He brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.

  • Dan 6:1
    68%

    1 Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about sixty-two years of age.

  • Dan 3:2
    68%

    2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent for the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.

  • Dan 4:18
    68%

    18 whose foliage was beautiful and fruit abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens nested—

  • Prov 31:5
    68%

    5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

  • Esth 1:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13 Then the king consulted the wise men who understood the times, for it was the king's custom to speak before all who understood law and judgment.

    14 The closest advisers to the king were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence and held the highest positions in the kingdom.

  • Eccl 10:17
    68%

    17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Esth 2:18
    68%

    18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He also declared a holiday for the provinces and distributed gifts with royal generosity.

  • Dan 5:17
    68%

    17 Then Daniel answered the king, 'You may keep your gifts or give your rewards to someone else; nevertheless, I will read the writing for the king and tell him what it means.'

  • Hos 7:5
    68%

    5 On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers.

  • Ezra 1:7
    68%

    7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the house of his gods.

  • Esth 7:1
    68%

    1 The king and Haman came to drink with Queen Esther.

  • Isa 21:5
    67%

    5 Prepare the table, set a watchman in the watchtower, eat and drink. Rise up, you princes, and anoint the shield!