Nebuchadnezzar Restored
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n At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and o my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored p him who lives forever,
q for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and q his kingdom endures from generation to generation;
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r all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and s he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
t and none can stay his hand
or u say to him, "What have you done?"
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At the same time v my reason returned to me, and for w the glory of my kingdom, w my majesty and splendor returned to me. x My counselors and y my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was z added to me.
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Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, a praise and extol and honor the b King of heaven, c for all his works are right and his ways are just; and d those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
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Daniel 4:26
And as it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be confirmed for you from the time that you know that Heaven rules.
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Daniel 4:36
At the same time my reason returned to me, and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and still more greatness was added to me.
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Daniel 6:26
I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
Daniel 12:7
And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.
Revelation 4:10
The twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying.
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Psalms 10:16
The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
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Psalms 10:16
The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations perish from his land.
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
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Isaiah 40:17
All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
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Psalms 115:3
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
Hebrews 1:13 - 14
And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
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Isaiah 14:27
For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
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Job 9:12
Behold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, 'What are you doing?
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?
Romans 9:20
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, "Why have you made me like this?
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Daniel 4:34
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
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Daniel 4:30
And the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?
Daniel 5:18
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
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Daniel 4:30
And the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?
Daniel 5:18
O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.
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Daniel 3:24
Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king.
Daniel 6:7
All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Daniel 5:1
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
Daniel 6:17
And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
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Job 42:12
And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
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Daniel 4:34
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever, for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
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Daniel 5:23
But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in 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 bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Psalms 33:4
For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
Revelation 15:3
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
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Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.
Proverbs 20:23
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
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