Bel 1:5

5 One day the king asked Daniel, "Why don't you worship Bel?" Daniel answered, "I do not worship idols made with human hands. I worship only the living God, who created heaven and earth and is the Lord of all human beings."

Bel 1:5 In-Context

3 The Babylonians had an idol named Bel. Each day the people had to provide Bel with an offering of twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and fifty gallons of wine.

4 King Cyrus believed that Bel was a god, and each day he used to go and worship it. But Daniel worshiped his own God.

5 One day the king asked Daniel, "Why don't you worship Bel?" Daniel answered, "I do not worship idols made with human hands. I worship only the living God, who created heaven and earth and is the Lord of all human beings."

6 "And don't you believe that our god Bel is really alive?" asked the king. "Haven't you seen how much he eats and drinks every day?"

7 Daniel laughed and said, "Don't be fooled, Your Majesty. This god you call Bel is nothing more than clay covered with bronze; it has never eaten or drunk anything."