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Daniel 5:1-5

1 The Writing on the Wall
King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them.

2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

3 So they brought in the gold goblets that had been taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.

4 As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

5 Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Cross References for Daniel 5:1-5

1 Kings 3:15 - Then Solomon awoke—and he realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem, stood before ... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 3:15 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 3:15

Esther 1:3 - and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The mili... Click to read the verse Esther 1:3 Click to read the verse Esther 1:3

Genesis 40:20 - Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted ... Click to read the verse Genesis 40:20 Click to read the verse Genesis 40:20

Daniel 7:1 - Daniel’s Dream of Four Beasts In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dre... Click to read the verse Daniel 7:1 Click to read the verse Daniel 7:1

Isaiah 22:14 - The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be at... Click to read the verse Isaiah 22:14 Click to read the verse Isaiah 22:14

Nahum 1:10 - They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry s... Click to read the verse Nahum 1:10 Click to read the verse Nahum 1:10

Isaiah 22:12 - The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 22:12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 22:12

Jeremiah 51:57 - I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; the... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:57 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:57

Isaiah 21:4-5 - My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me. Click to read the verse Isaiah 21:4-5 Click to read the verse Isaiah 21:4-5

Mark 6:21-22 - Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials an... Click to read the verse Mark 6:21-22 Click to read the verse Mark 6:21-22

Isaiah 21:4 - My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me. Click to read the verse Isaiah 21:4 Click to read the verse Isaiah 21:4

Jeremiah 51:39 - But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they s... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:39 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:39