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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dan 5:17 — 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.
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Daniel, on this occasion, behaved in a very different manner to Belshazzar, than he had formerly done to Nebuchadnezzar. Belshazzar had that very night insulted the God of heaven in the most daring manner; and the venerable prophet, as His delegate, denounced sentence against him. Dan 5:29; Gen 14:23; 2Ki 3:13; 2Ki 5:16,26; Act 8:20 |
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or, fee. Dan 2:6 |
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Psa 119:46 |
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Dan 5:29 |
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
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Gen 14:23 |
That I will not [take] from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: |
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2Ki 3:13 |
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. |
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2Ki 5:16 |
But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused. |
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2Ki 5:26 |
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? |
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Act 8:20 |
But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. |
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Dan 2:6 |
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. |
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Psa 119:46 |
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 5:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Dan/5/17.html>.
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