Daniel 4:35

The king confesses that all peoples are as nothing before God, who does as he wills and cannot be resisted. He proclaims God's absolute sovereignty.

Cross-references · 35

• Job 42:2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
• Ps 135:6The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
• Ps 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
• Rom 11:33–36O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
• Isa 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
• Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• Isa 40:15–17Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
• Matt 11:25–26At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
• Rom 9:19–20One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
• Job 34:14–15If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
• Isa 45:9–11Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
• Ps 33:8–11Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him.
• 1 Cor 2:16“For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
• 1 Cor 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
• Isa 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
• Job 9:12–13If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
• Job 34:19–24who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
• Job 9:4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
• Job 33:12–13Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
• Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
• 1 Sam 3:18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
• Job 40:9–12Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Phil 2:10–11that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
• Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
• Isa 14:24–27The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
• Prov 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
• Acts 9:5“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
• Isa 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Ps 49:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
• Isa 40:22–24He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
• Ps 33:14From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
• Acts 11:17So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

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