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 goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
• Ezek 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
• Luke 14:11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
• Isa 10:8–15For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
• Rev 18:10Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
• Rev 17:5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
• 2 Chr 2:5–6And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
• Luke 12:19–20And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
• Isa 37:24–25By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
• Ezek 28:2–5Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
• Dan 5:18–20O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
• Ps 73:8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
• Ps 49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
• 1 Pet 5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• Rev 16:19And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
• 1 Chr 29:12–14Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
• Rev 18:21And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
• Esth 1:4When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
• Hab 2:4–5Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
• Hab 1:15–16They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
• 1 Cor 10:31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
• Gen 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
• Gen 11:2–9And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
• Ps 145:5–12I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
• Ps 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
• Rev 21:24–26And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

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