Daniel 5:27

Authorized King James Version (1611)

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.
  • Job 31:6 : 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
  • Jer 6:30 : 30 Reprobate silver shall [men] call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
  • Ezek 22:18-20 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they [are] brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are [even] the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 [As] they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt [it]; so will I gather [you] in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave [you there], and melt you.
  • Matt 22:11-12 : 11 ‹And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:› 12 ‹And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.›
  • 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Dan 5:22-26
    5 verses
    88%

    22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

    23 But 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 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:

    24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

    25 And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

    26 This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

  • 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Dan 5:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  • 31 While the word [was] in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

  • 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

  • Dan 2:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

    36 This [is] the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

    37 Thou, O king, [art] a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    70%

    10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?

    11 Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  • Dan 2:28-32
    5 verses
    70%

    28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

    29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came [into thy mind] upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

    30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for [any] wisdom that I have more than any living, but for [their] sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

    31 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness [was] excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof [was] terrible.

    32 This image's head [was] of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

  • Dan 5:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

    15 And now the wise [men], the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

  • Zech 5:6-8
    3 verses
    69%

    6 And I said, What [is] it? And he said, This [is] an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This [is] their resemblance through all the earth.

    7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this [is] a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

    8 And he said, This [is] wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

  • Dan 4:24-28
    5 verses
    69%

    24 This [is] the interpretation, O king, and this [is] the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:

    25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

    26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

    27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

    28 ¶ All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.

  • 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

  • 22 It [is] thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

  • 1 ¶ A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

  • 11 ¶ A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.

  • 13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

  • 13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.

  • 17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

  • 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

  • 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, [there is but] one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

  • 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise [men] of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou [art] able; for the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee.

  • 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

  • 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.

  • 13 But go thou thy way till the end [be]: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

  • 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  • 23 ¶ Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.

  • 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

  • 18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers?

  • 10 ¶ Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.

  • 19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end [shall be].

  • 28 Hitherto [is] the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

  • 24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD.