Bible Verses

To these four youths, God granted wisdom and skill in literature, and to Daniel, the gift of interpreting visions and dreams.

So the steward continued to give them vegetables instead of the regular food and wine.

at the end of that period, they looked healthier and better fed than any of the young men who ate the king’s food.

The steward agreed and tested them for ten days,

and see how we look in comparison with the young men who eat food from the king’s table. Then treat us based on what you observe.

Please test your servants for ten days. Give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink,

Daniel then turned to the steward whom the chief eunuch had put in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

However, he was afraid of the king, so he said: “If the king, who has assigned your food and drink, sees that you look more emaciated than the other young men, he may think poorly of me. It could put my life in danger to grant your request.”

By the grace of God, the chief eunuch was sympathetic to Daniel.

As Daniel was determined not to defile himself with the king’s food or wine, he pleaded with the chief eunuch to spare him from this.