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And r at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him s who lives forever:
For His dominion is t an everlasting dominion,
And His kingdom is from generation to generation.
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u All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
v He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
w No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, x "What have You done?"
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At the same time my reason returned to me, y and for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and splendor returned to me. My counselors and nobles resorted to me, I was z restored to my kingdom, and excellent majesty was a added to me.
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Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, b praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, c all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. d And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.
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Cross References
Daniel 4:26
And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules.
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Cross References
Psalms 102:24 - 27
I said, "O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.
Daniel 6:26
I make a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God, And steadfast forever; His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed, And His dominion shall endure to the end.
Daniel 12:7
Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
Revelation 4:10
The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
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Cross References
Psalms 10:16
The LORD is King forever and ever; The nations have perished out of His land.
Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Daniel 7:14
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
Micah 4:7
I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast a strong nation; So the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on, even forever.
Luke 1:33
"And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
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Cross References
Psalms 39:5
Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
Isaiah 40:17
All nations before Him are as nothing, And they are counted by Him less than nothing and worthless.
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Cross References
Psalms 115:3
But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
Psalms 135:6
Whatever the LORD pleases He does, In heaven and in earth, In the seas and in all deep places.
Daniel 6:27
He delivers and rescues, And He works signs and wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
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Cross References
Job 34:29
When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him, Whether it is against a nation or a man alone? -
Isaiah 43:13
Indeed before the day was, I am He; And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?
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Cross References
Job 9:12
If He takes away, who can hinder Him? Who can say to Him, 'What are You doing?
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' Or shall your handiwork say, 'He has no hands'?
Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!
Romans 9:20
But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?
1 Corinthians 2:16
For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
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Cross References
Daniel 4:26
And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20
So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.
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Cross References
Job 42:12
Now the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
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Cross References
Daniel 2:46
Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him.
Daniel 2:47
The king answered Daniel, and said, "Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.
Daniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and AbedNego', who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!
Daniel 3:29
"Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and AbedNego' shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this."
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
Psalms 33:4
For the word of the LORD is right, And all His work is done in truth.
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
Revelation 15:3
They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!
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Cross References
Exodus 18:11
"Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods; for in the very thing in which they behaved proudly, He was above them."
Job 40:11
Disperse the rage of your wrath; Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him.
Job 40:12
Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.
Daniel 5:20
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.
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