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Daniel 5:5
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Daniel 5:5
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The Writing on the Wall
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and began writing on the plaster of the wall of the royal palace, next to the lampstand. The king was watching the hand as it wrote.(A)
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Daniel 5:5
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Daniel 5:5
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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.
Daniel 4:31
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Daniel 4:31
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31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven: “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: The kingdom is taken from you!(A)
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Daniel 4:31
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Daniel 4:31
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31 Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.(A)
Daniel 5:24-28
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Daniel 5:24-28
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24 “So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed.(A) 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene,[a] tekel, and parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: mene: God has numbered the days of[b] your kingdom and brought it to an end;(B) 27 tekel: you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;(C) 28 peres:[c] your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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Daniel 5:24-28
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Daniel 5:24-28
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24 Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 “This is the inscription that was written:
mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26 “Here is what these words mean:
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
- Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
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1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
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2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.(A) 3 When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!(B)
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1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
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1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
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Colossians 2:14
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Colossians 2:14
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14 erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.
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Colossians 2:14
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Colossians 2:14
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14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness,(A) which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(B)
Job 20:5
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Job 20:5
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5 that the exulting of the wicked is short
and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?(A)
Job 20:5
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Job 20:5
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Luke 12:19-20
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Luke 12:19-20
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19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’(A) 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(B)
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Luke 12:19-20
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Luke 12:19-20
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19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)
Daniel 5:15
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Daniel 5:15
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15 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and tell me its interpretation, but they were not able to reveal the interpretation of the matter.
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Daniel 5:15
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Daniel 5:15
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15 The wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this writing and tell me what it means, but they could not explain it.(A)
Daniel 5:8
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Daniel 5:8
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8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king the interpretation.(A)
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Daniel 5:8
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Daniel 5:8
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8 Then all the king’s wise men(A) came in, but they could not read the writing or tell the king what it meant.(B)
Daniel 4:33
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Daniel 4:33
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33 Immediately the sentence was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven away from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails became like birds’ claws.(A)
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Daniel 4:33
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Daniel 4:33
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Proverbs 29:1
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Proverbs 29:1
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29 One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn,
will suddenly be broken beyond healing.(A)
Proverbs 29:1
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Proverbs 29:1
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Psalm 78:30-31
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Psalm 78:30-31
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30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed the strongest of them
and laid low the flower of Israel.(A)
Psalm 78:30-31
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Psalm 78:30-31
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Revelation 20:12-15
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Revelation 20:12-15
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12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as recorded in the books.(A) 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and all were judged according to what they had done.(B) 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire,(C) 15 and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
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Revelation 20:12-15
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Revelation 20:12-15
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12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(A) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(B) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(C) The dead were judged(D) according to what they had done(E) as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades(F) gave up the dead(G) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.(H) 14 Then death(I) and Hades(J) were thrown into the lake of fire.(K) The lake of fire is the second death.(L) 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life(M) was thrown into the lake of fire.
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