Daniel 1:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

At the end of ten days it was observed that they appeared better and fatter than all the young men who had been eating the royal rations.

Cross References

Exodus 23:25

You shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.

Matthew 4:4

But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and toil adds nothing to it.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen, if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not lay it to heart.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for much, but it came to little, and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.

Haggai 1:6

You have sown much and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.

Psalm 37:16

Better is a little that the righteous person has than the abundance of many wicked.

Daniel 1:14

So he agreed to this proposal and tested them for ten days.