Daniel 1:9

Easy To Read Version

God made Ashpenaz want to be good and kind to Daniel.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. [191] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have not been defeated.”

Genesis 39:21

But the Lord was with Joseph. The Lord continued to show his kindness to Joseph. After some time, the commander of the prison guards began to like Joseph.

1 Kings 8:50

Forgive your people of all their sins. And forgive them for turning against you. Make their enemies be kind to them.

Nehemiah 1:11

So Lord, please listen to my prayer. I am your servant. And please listen to the prayers of your servants that want to show respect for your name. Lord, you know I am the king’s wine servant. {\cf2\super [3]} So please help me today. Help me as I ask the king for help. Give me success and help me to be pleasing to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?”

Esther 2:9

Hegai liked Esther. She became his favorite. So Hegai quickly gave Esther beauty treatments and special food. Hegai chose seven women servants from the king’s palace and gave them to Esther. Then Hegai moved Esther and her seven girl servants into the best place where the king’s women lived.

Job 5:15

God saves poor people from death.\par He saves the poor people from\par the power of the clever people.\par

Job 5:16

So poor people have hope.\par God destroys bad people\par who are not fair.\par

Psalm 106:46

Other nations took them as prisoners.\par But God made them be kind to his people.\par

Psalm 4:3

You know that the Lord listens\par to his good people.\par So the Lord hears me when I pray to him.\par

Proverbs 16:7

If a person is living a good life, pleasing to the Lord, then even that person’s enemies will be at peace with him.

Daniel 1:10

But Ashpenaz said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my master, the king. The king ordered me to give you this food and drink. If you don’t eat this food, then you will begin to look weak and sick. You will look worse than other young men your age. The king will see this, and he will become angry at me. He might cut off my head! And it would be your fault.”

Acts 7:10

Joseph had many troubles there, but God saved him from all those troubles. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. He liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom that God gave Joseph. Pharaoh gave Joseph the job of being a governor of Egypt. He even let Joseph rule over all the people in Pharaoh’s house.