Daniel 5:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and 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 my integrity.
  • Jer 6:30 : 30 Rejected silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them.
  • Ezek 22:18-20 : 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me like dross: all of them are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you 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 My 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 a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
  • 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 Each one's work will become clear: for the day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is.

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  • Dan 5:22-26
    5 verses
    88%

    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.

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

    26This is the interpretation of each word: MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it.

  • Dan 5:28
    80%

    28PERES: Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  • Dan 5:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    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 4:31
    71%

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

  • Job 36:17
    70%

    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Dan 2:36-37
    2 verses
    70%

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

    37You, O king, are a king of kings, for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.

  • Mic 6:10-11
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    70%

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

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

  • Dan 2:28-32
    5 verses
    70%

    28But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are these.

    29As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind upon your bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass.

    30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes who shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might understand the thoughts of your heart.

    31You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.

    32This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,

  • Dan 5:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

    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.

  • Zech 5:6-8
    3 verses
    69%

    6And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance throughout the earth.

    7And, behold, there was lifted up a lead cover: and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

    8And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon its opening.

  • Dan 4:24-28
    5 verses
    69%

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

    25That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.

    26And as they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after you have known that the heavens do rule.

    27Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

    28All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

  • Dan 5:30
    69%

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

  • Dan 4:22
    69%

    22it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong, for your greatness has grown and reaches unto heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 16:11
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    11A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.

  • Deut 25:13
    68%

    13You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small.

  • Jer 51:13
    68%

    13You who dwell upon many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, and the measure of your covetousness.

  • 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.

  • Dan 2:39
    68%

    39And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

  • Dan 2:9
    68%

    9But if you do not make known the dream to me, there is only one decree for you: for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me until the time changes. Therefore, tell me the dream, and I shall know you can reveal its interpretation.

  • 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.

  • Dan 5:9
    67%

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

  • 1 Sam 12:25
    67%

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

  • Dan 12:13
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    13But go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.

  • Job 4:5
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    5But now it has come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.

  • Prov 20:23
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    23Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

  • Dan 2:5
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    5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

  • Isa 33:18
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    18Your heart will meditate on terror. Where is the scribe? Where is the receiver? Where is he who counts the towers?

  • Prov 20:10
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    10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.

  • Dan 8:19
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    19And he said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter end of the indignation: for at the appointed time the end shall be.

  • Dan 7:28
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    28Until now is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed in me, but I kept the matter in my heart.

  • Jer 50:24
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    24I have set a trap for you, and you are also caught, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.