Daniel 1:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.”

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Read Daniel 1:15 in the flow of Daniel1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Daniel1 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths that did eat of the king’s dainties.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king's portion of food.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Daniel 1:15 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 23:25So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
  2. Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
  3. 2 Kings 4:42Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
  4. Psalms 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
  5. Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
  6. Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
  7. Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  8. Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
  9. Matthew 4:4But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
  10. Mark 6:41Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.

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