Daniel 1:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

And at the end of ten days their faces seemed fairer and they were fatter in flesh than all the young men who had their food from the king's table.

Cross References

Psalm 37:16

The little which the good man has is better than the wealth of evil-doers.

Exodus 23:25

And give worship to the Lord your God, who will send his blessing on your bread and on your water; and I will take all disease away from among you.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.

Daniel 1:14

So he gave ear to them in this thing and put them to the test for ten days.

Haggai 1:6

Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.

Haggai 1:9

You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.

Matthew 4:4

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.