Daniel 5:1

World English Bible (2000)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to 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 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:
  • Isa 22:14 : 14 Yahweh of Armies revealed himself in my ears, "Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die," says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.
  • Jer 51:39 : 39 When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh.
  • Jer 51:57 : 57 I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
  • Nah 1:10 : 10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.
  • Mark 6:21-22 : 21 Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee. 22 When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
  • Isa 21:4-5 : 4 My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me. 5 They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!
  • Gen 40:20 : 20 It happened 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 cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Dan 5:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

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

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

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

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

    6Then the king's face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.

  • Dan 5:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

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

    9Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

    10[Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.

  • Dan 5:22-24
    3 verses
    77%

    22You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

    23but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and 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, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

    24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

  • Dan 5:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

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

    30In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.

  • Esth 1:7-10
    4 verses
    76%

    7They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

    8In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every 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 Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

  • Esth 1:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

    2that in those days, when the 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.

    4He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.

    5When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  • Dan 1:5
    72%

    5The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand 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 one thousand.

    11All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity 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 on the surface of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.

  • Neh 5:17
    70%

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

  • Dan 7:1
    69%

    1In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

  • Jer 35:5
    69%

    5I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, Drink wine!

  • Gen 43:34
    69%

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

  • Dan 4:6
    69%

    6Therefore made I 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 faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants.

  • Jer 51:7
    69%

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

  • Ezra 6:1
    69%

    1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

  • Dan 5:15
    69%

    15Now the wise men, the enchanters, 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, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Dan 1:2
    68%

    2The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

  • Dan 6:1
    68%

    1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

  • Dan 3:2
    68%

    2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

  • Dan 4:18
    68%

    18This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because 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 justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

  • Esth 1:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

    13Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king's custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;

    14and the next 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 sat first in the kingdom),

  • Eccl 10:17
    68%

    17Happy are you, 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 proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.

  • Dan 5:17
    68%

    17Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; nevertheless 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 made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

  • Ezra 1:7
    68%

    7Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Yahweh, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;

  • Esth 7:1
    68%

    1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

  • Isa 21:5
    67%

    5They prepare the table. They set the watch. They eat. They drink. Rise up, you princes, oil the shield!