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Daniel 4:17

Daniel 4:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

by the: Daniel 4:13-14; 1 Kings 22:19-20; 1 Timothy 5:21

the holy: Daniel 4:8-9, Daniel 4:13; Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 6:8; Revelation 4:8

that the living: Psalms 9:16, Psalms 83:17-18; Ezekiel 25:17

the most High: Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32-35, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 5:18-21; Jeremiah 27:5-7

giveth: Psalms 75:6-7

the basest: Daniel 4:25, Daniel 11:21; Exodus 9:16; 1 Samuel 2:8; 1 Kings 21:25; 2 Kings 21:6-18; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Psalms 12:8, Psalms 113:7-8; Ezekiel 7:24; 1 Corinthians 1:28

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