Verse 8

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he woulde not defile hym selfe with the portion of the kinges meate, nor with the wyne which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe chamberlayne that he might not defile him selfe.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 9:3-4 : 3 They shall not dwell in the Lordes lande, but Ephraim shall turne agayne into Egypt, and eate vncleane thinges among the Assyrians. 4 They powre out no wine for a drynke offeryng vnto the Lorde, neither shall their slayne offeringes be pleasaunt vnto him, they shalbe vnto them as the bread of mourners, all they that eate shalbe defiled: for their bread for their soules shall not come into the house of the Lorde.
  • Lev 11:45-47 : 45 For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God: ye shalbe holy therfore, for I am holy. 46 This is the lawe of beastes & foules, and of euery lyuyng creature that moueth in the waters, and of euery creature that creepeth vpon the earth, 47 That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane, and betweene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten.
  • Ezek 4:13-14 : 13 And with that sayde the Lord, Euen thus shall the chyldren of Israel eate their defiled bread among the gentiles whyther I wyll cast them. 14 Then sayde I, Oh Lorde God: beholde, my soule was yet neuer stayned, for fro my youth vp vnto this houre, I did neuer eate of a dead carkase, or of that whiche was slayne of wylde beastes, neither came there euer any vncleane fleshe in my mouth.
  • Ps 141:4 : 4 Inclyne not myne heart to any euyll thyng, wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.
  • 1 Cor 10:18-21 : 18 Beholde Israel after the fleshe. Are not they which eate of the sacrifices, partakers of the aulter? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thyng? Or that it which is offered to idols is any thyng? 20 Nay but this I saye that the thinges which the gentiles offer, they offer to deuyls, & not to God. And I woulde not that ye shoulde haue felowshippe with the deuils. 21 Ye can not drynke ye cup of the Lorde, and the cup of deuils. Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table, and of the table of deuyls.
  • 1 Cor 7:37 : 37 Neuerthelesse, he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede, but hath power ouer his owne wyll, and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin, doth well.
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Auoyde from me ye malicious persons: and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde.
  • Dan 1:5 : 5 Unto these the king appoynted a dayly prouision euery day, of a portion of the kinges meate, and of the wine which he dranke, so to norishe them three yeres, that afterwarde they might stande before the king.
  • Deut 32:38 : 38 The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate, & dranke the wine of their drinke offerynges: let them ryse vp, and helpe you, and be your protection.
  • Ruth 1:17-18 : 17 Where thou diest, there will I die, and there wyl I be buried: The Lord do so to me and more also, if ought but death depart thee and me. 18 When she sawe that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left speaking vnto her.
  • 2 Cor 9:7 : 7 Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer.
  • 1 Kgs 5:5 : 5 And beholde, I am determined to build an house vnto ye name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake vnto Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne whom I wil set vpon thy seate for thee, he shal build an house vnto my name.
  • Ps 106:28 : 28 They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor: they also did eate of the sacrifices of the dead.
  • Ps 119:106 : 106 I haue made an oth (which I wil ratifie) for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes.
  • 1 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 But euery man hath not knowledge: For some hauing conscience of the idol vntill this houre, eate as a thing offred vnto idols, and so their conscience being weake, is defiled. 8 But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God: For neither if we eate, haue we the more, neither if we eate not, haue we the lesse. 9 But take heede lest by any meanes this libertie of yours be an occasion of falling, to them that are weake. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meate in the idols temple: shal not the conscience of him which is weake, be boldened to eate those thinges which are offred to idols,
  • 1 Cor 10:28-31 : 28 But yf any man say vnto you, this is offred vnto idols, eate not of it for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake. The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is. 29 Conscience I say, not thyne, but of the other. For why is my libertie, iudged of another mans conscience? 30 For, if I take my part with thankes, why am I euyll spoken of, for that wherfore I geue thankes? 31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God.
  • Acts 10:14-16 : 14 But Peter sayde, Not so Lorde: For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane. 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme: What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done thryse, and the vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen.
  • Acts 11:23 : 23 Which when he came, and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde.
  • Rom 14:15-17 : 15 But yf thy brother be greeued with thy meat, nowe walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not hym with thy meat, for whom Christe dyed. 16 Let not your good be euyll spoken of. 17 For the kyngdome of God, is not meat and drinke: but righteousnesse, & peace, and ioy in the holy ghost.