Daniel 1:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The king assigned them a daily portion of the royal rations of food and wine. They were to be educated for three years, so that at the end of that time they could be stationed in the king’s court.

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants who continually attend you and hear your wisdom!

2 Kings 25:30

For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion every day, as long as he lived.

2 Chronicles 9:7

Happy are your people! Happy are these your servants who continually attend you and hear your wisdom!

Proverbs 23:3

Do not desire an official’s delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus says the Lord: If you turn back, I will take you back, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall serve as my mouth. It is they who will turn to you, not you who will turn to them.

Daniel 1:19

and the king spoke with them. Among them all, no one was found to compare with Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they were stationed in the king’s court.

Daniel 1:8

But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the royal rations of food and wine, so he asked the palace master to allow him not to defile himself.

Matthew 6:11

Give us today our daily bread.

Luke 1:19

The angel replied, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread.

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 Samuel 16:22

Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor in my sight.”