Daniel 1:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

"Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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  • Dan 1:16 : 16 Thus the steward took away their portion of delicacies and the wine that they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.
  • Rom 14:2 : 2 For one believes he may eat all things, but another, who is weak, eats only herbs.
  • Gen 1:29-30 : 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so.
  • Deut 8:3 : 3 And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.

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  • Dan 1:13-20
    8 verses
    87%

    13Then let our appearance be examined before you, and the appearance of the young men who eat the portion of the king's delicacies; and as you see fit, deal with your servants."

    14So he agreed with them in this matter and tested them for ten days.

    15And at the end of the ten days their features appeared better and healthier in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king's delicacies.

    16Thus the steward took away their portion of delicacies and the wine that they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.

    17As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

    18Now at the end of the days, when the king had said they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them before Nebuchadnezzar.

    19And the king conversed with them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king.

    20And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

  • Dan 1:3-11
    9 verses
    80%

    3And the king spoke to Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring some of the children of Israel, and of the king's descendants, and of the nobles;

    4Young men in whom there was no blemish, but handsome, and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and those who had ability in them to serve in the king's palace, whom they might teach the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

    5And the king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's delicacies and of the wine which he drank, so nourishing them three years, that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.

    6Now among these were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

    7To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he gave to Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

    8But Daniel resolved in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

    9Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the chief of the eunuchs.

    10And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head to the king."

    11Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

  • Ezek 4:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9Take also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it for the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days you shall eat of it.

    10And the food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.

    11You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.

  • Dan 10:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2In those days, I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

    3I ate no desirable food, neither did meat nor wine enter my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were completed.

  • Dan 2:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16Then Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation.

    17Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions.

    18That they would seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

  • Dan 6:11-13
    3 verses
    69%

    11Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

    12Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree; Have you not signed a decree, that every man who shall ask a petition of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be altered.

    13Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, does not regard you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.

  • Neh 1:11
    69%

    11O Lord, I beg You, let now Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your name: and prosper, I pray You, Your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

  • Dan 6:7
    68%

    7All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counselors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

  • Neh 9:36
    67%

    36Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our forefathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, here we are, servants in it.

  • Neh 5:18
    67%

    18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all sorts of wine. Yet in spite of all this, I did not demand the governor's provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

  • Dan 6:5
    66%

    5Then these men said, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

  • Neh 5:14
    66%

    14Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren have eaten the governor's provisions.

  • Dan 9:3
    66%

    3And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes:

  • Ezra 6:9-10
    2 verses
    66%

    9And whatever they need—young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

    10That they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

  • Dan 5:17
    66%

    17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

  • Dan 6:1
    66%

    1It pleased Darius to appoint over the kingdom one hundred and twenty princes, who should be over the whole kingdom;

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    4When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty for many days, even a hundred and eighty days.

  • Dan 3:12
    66%

    12There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.

  • Ezra 8:21
    66%

    21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our goods.

  • Dan 5:12-13
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    12Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, solving of riddles, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.

    13Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel, who is one of the captives of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?

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    14Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not proper for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and certified the king;

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    10And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food your servants have come.