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Dan 5:4 — They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

praised		Dan 5:23; Dan 4:37; Jdg 16:23,24; Isa 42:8; Hsa 2:8-13; Rev 9:20,21
of gold		Dan 3:1-7,8-18; Psa 115:4-8; Psa 135:15-18; Isa 40:19,20; Isa 42:17; Isa 46:6,7; Jer 10:4-9; Hab 2:19; Act 17:29; Act 19:24-28; Rev 9:20

Correlating Passages

praised

	Dan 5:23	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:
	Dan 4:37	Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
	Jdg 16:23	Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
	Jdg 16:24	And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
	Isa 42:8	I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
	Hsa 2:8	For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal.
	Hsa 2:9	Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax [given] to cover her nakedness.
	Hsa 2:10	And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
	Hsa 2:11	I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
	Hsa 2:12	And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These [are] my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
	Hsa 2:13	And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
	Rev 9:20	And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
	Rev 9:21	Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

of gold

	Dan 3:1	Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height [was] threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
	Dan 3:2	Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, 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 3:3	Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
	Dan 3:4	Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
	Dan 3:5	[That] at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
	Dan 3:6	And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
	Dan 3:7	Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down [and] worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
	Dan 3:8	Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
	Dan 3:9	They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
	Dan 3:10	Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
	Dan 3:11	And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, [that] he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
	Dan 3:12	There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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	Psa 115:4	Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
	Psa 115:5	They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
	Psa 115:6	They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
	Psa 115:7	They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
	Psa 115:8	They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
	Psa 135:15	The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
	Psa 135:16	They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
	Psa 135:17	They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there [any] breath in their mouths.
	Psa 135:18	They that make them are like unto them: [so is] every one that trusteth in them.
	Isa 40:19	The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
	Isa 40:20	He that [is] so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree [that] will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, [that] shall not be moved.
	Isa 42:17	They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods.
	Isa 46:6	They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
	Isa 46:7	They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, [one] shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
	Jer 10:4	They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
	Jer 10:5	They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
	Jer 10:6	Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
	Jer 10:7	Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
	Jer 10:8	But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
	Jer 10:9	Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
	Hab 2:19	Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
	Act 17:29	Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
	Act 19:24	For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
	Act 19:25	Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
	Act 19:26	Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
	Act 19:27	So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
	Act 19:28	And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.
	Rev 9:20	And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

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