Daniel 4:37
“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.”
— Daniel 4:37
About this verse
Daniel 4:37 comes from the book of Daniel, written during the Exile (~586 BC) period. The setting is babylon. These words are attributed to Nebuchadnezzar. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the testimony genre of biblical literature. Key themes include ultimate worship, divine character, pride humbled, complete transformation. Notable phrases: praise and extol; King of heaven; truth and justice; humble the proud. This verse is a prayer.
Speaker
Nebuchadnezzar
Era
Exile (~586 BC)
Emotion
worship
Type
testimony
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
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