Daniel 5:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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  • Esth 1:3 : 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
  • Isa 22:14 : 14 And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
  • Jer 51:39 : 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make her princes, wise men, captains, rulers, and mighty men drunk, and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
  • Mark 6:21-22 : 21 And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.
  • Isa 21:4-5 : 4 My heart pounded, fearfulness frightened me; the night that I delighted in has been turned into terror for me. 5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.
  • Gen 40:20 : 20 And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

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  • Dan 5:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

    2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them.

    3Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them.

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

    5In the same hour, fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

    6Then the king's face changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened, and his knees knocked against each other.

  • Dan 5:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation.

    9Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, and his face was changed, and his lords were astonished.

    10Now the queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet hall. The queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

  • Dan 5:22-24
    3 verses
    77%

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

    23But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

    24Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

  • Dan 5:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

    30That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.

  • Esth 1:7-10
    4 verses
    76%

    7And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

    8And the drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled, for the king had appointed to all the officials of his house that they should do according to each man's pleasure.

    9Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

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

  • Esth 1:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

    3In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.

    4When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty for many days, even a hundred and eighty days.

    5And when these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  • Dan 1:5
    72%

    5And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's delicacies and of the wine which he drank, so nourishing them three years, that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.

  • Ezra 1:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

    11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with those of the captivity who were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

  • Jer 25:26
    71%

    26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

  • Neh 5:17
    70%

    17Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.

  • Dan 7:1
    69%

    1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions in his mind while on his bed. Then he wrote the dream down, and told the sum of the matters.

  • Jer 35:5
    69%

    5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine.

  • Gen 43:34
    69%

    34And he took and sent portions to them from before him: but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

  • Dan 4:6
    69%

    6Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

  • Dan 1:13
    69%

    13Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king's delicacies; and as you see fit, deal with your servants."

  • Jer 51:7
    69%

    7Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunk; the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

  • Ezra 6:1
    69%

    1Then King Darius made a decree, and a search was made in the house of the scrolls, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

  • Dan 5:15
    69%

    15And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.

  • Esth 5:5
    68%

    5Then the king said, Make Haman hurry, so that he may do as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Dan 1:2
    68%

    2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god.

  • Dan 6:1
    68%

    1It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, who should be over the whole kingdom;

  • Dan 3:2
    68%

    2Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

  • Dan 4:18
    68%

    18This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

  • Prov 31:5
    68%

    5Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

  • Esth 1:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's manner toward all who knew law and judgment,

    14And the closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face and who sat first in the kingdom).

  • Eccl 10:17
    68%

    17Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

  • Esth 2:18
    68%

    18Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

  • Dan 5:17
    68%

    17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

  • Hos 7:5
    68%

    5On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners.

  • Ezra 1:7
    68%

    7Also King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods;

  • Esth 7:1
    68%

    1So the king and Haman came to feast with Queen Esther.

  • Isa 21:5
    67%

    5Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield.