2Ki 3:13-14, Est 3:2, Job 32:21-22, Psa 101:4, Isa 32:5-6, Dan 5:17-31 | ESV | STEP | And Elisha said to the king of Israel , What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother . But the king of Israel said to him, No ; it is the Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab .

13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, ^a“What have I to do with you? Go to ^bthe prophets of your father and to ^cthe prophets of your mother.” But the king of Israel said to him, “No; it is ^dthe Lord who has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab.” 14 And Elisha said, ^e“As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you.

Esther 3:2

2 And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. ^fBut Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage.

Job 32:21-22

21 I will not ^gshow partiality to any man
or use flattery toward any person.
22 For I do not know how to flatter,
else my Maker would soon take me away.

Psalms 101:4

4 ^hA perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will ⁱknow nothing of evil.

Isaiah 32:5-6

5 ^jThe fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.
6 For ^kthe fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the Lord,
^lto leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

Daniel 5:17-31

17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, ^m“Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O king, the ⁿMost High God ^ogave ^pNebuchadnezzar your father ^qkingship and greatness and glory and majesty. 19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^rall peoples, nations, and languages ^strembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. 20 But ^twhen his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, ^uhe was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. 21 ^vHe was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, ^wuntil he knew that the ^xMost High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. 22 And you his son, ^{▼▼Or successor} ^zBelshazzar, ^aahave not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against ^abthe Lord of heaven. And ^acthe vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. ^adAnd you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, ^aebut the God in whose hand is your breath, and ^afwhose are all your ways, ^agyou have not honored.

24 “Then from his presence ^ahthe hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered ^{▼▼ Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered} the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 Tekel, ^ajyou have been weighed ^{▼▼ Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed} in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to ^althe Medes and ^amPersians.” ^{▼▼ Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia}

29 Then ^aoBelshazzar gave the command, and Daniel ^apwas clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 ^aqThat very night ^arBelshazzar the ^asChaldean king was killed. 31 ^{▼▼Ch 6:1 in Aramaic} And ^auDarius ^avthe Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.