Daniel 1:15
At the end of ten days their appearance was more healthy, and they were better nourished, than all the young men who ate the king's delicacies.
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In Context
14So the steward agreed with him to do this, and he tested them for ten days.
16So the steward took away their delicacies and their wine and gave them only vegetables.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1If you listen carefully to the voice of Yahweh your God so as to keep all his commandments that I am commanding you today, Yahweh your God will set you above all the other nations of the earth.
Psalms 37:16Better is the little that the righteous has 1 than the abundance of many wicked people. 1
Haggai 1:6You have sown much seed, but bring in little harvest; you eat but do not have enough; 1 you drink but cannot get drunk. You wear clothes but cannot warm yourselves, 1 and the wage earner earns money only to put it into a bag full of holes! 1
Malachi 2:2“If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it on your heart to give honor to my name,” says Yahweh of hosts, “then I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them, because you are not laying my command on your heart.
Mark 6:41He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he blessed and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
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 →