Daniel 1:15
And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and stouter in flesh, than the children that fed at the king's table.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
14And he listened to them, and proved them ten days.
16So Amelsad took away their supper and the wine of their drink, and gave them pulse.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1And it shall come to pass, if you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge you this day, that the Lord your God shall set you on high above all the nations of the earth;
Psalms 37:16For I said, Lest my enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me. 1
Haggai 1:6You⌃ have sown much, but brought in little; you⌃ have eaten, and are not satisfied; you⌃ have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, you⌃ have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm + 1:6 Gr. in them. thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes.
Malachi 2:2If you⌃ will not listen, and if you⌃ will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yes, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because you⌃ lay not this to heart.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:9-17
Favour Shown to Daniel; Daniel's Conscientiousness. ( b. c. 606.) 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he… Read the whole commentary →