Daniel 4:30

The king boasts that he built great Babylon by his own might for his own glory. His pride reaches its peak.

Cross-references · 26

• Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Ezek 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Isa 10:8–15“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
• Rev 18:10In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
• Rev 17:5And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
• 2 Chr 2:5–6The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
• Luke 12:19–20Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Isa 37:24–25Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
• Ezek 28:2–5“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Dan 5:18–20As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.
• Ps 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
• Ps 49:20A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
• 1 Pet 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Rev 16:19The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
• 1 Chr 29:12–14Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
• Rev 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.
• Esth 1:4And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
• Hab 2:4–5Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
• Hab 1:15–16The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
• 1 Cor 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
• Gen 10:10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Gen 11:2–9And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
• Ps 145:5–12the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
• Ps 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
• Rev 21:24–26By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

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