Daniel 1:8 Cross References

Daniel 1:8

8: But Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief official for permission to eat other things instead.

Psalms 141:4

  1. Don't let me lust for evil things; don't let me participate in acts of wickedness. Don't let me share in the delicacies of those who do evil.

Ezekiel 4:13

  1. For this is what the LORD says: Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands, where I will banish them!"
  2. Then I said, "O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or that I found dead. And I have never eaten any of the animals that our laws forbid."

1 Corinthians 10:18

  1. And think about the nation of Israel; all who eat the sacrifices are united by that act.
  2. What am I trying to say? Am I saying that the idols to whom the pagans bring sacrifices are real gods and that these sacrifices are of some value?
  3. No, not at all. What I am saying is that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don't want any of you to be partners with demons.
  4. You cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and from the cup of demons, too. You cannot eat at the Lord's Table and at the table of demons, too.

Hosea 9:3

  1. You may no longer stay here in this land of the LORD. You will be carried off to Egypt and Assyria, where you will live on food that is ceremonially unclean.
  2. There, far from home, you will not be allowed to pour out wine as a sacrifice to the LORD. None of the sacrifices you offer there will please him. Such sacrifices will be unclean, just as food touched by a person in mourning is unclean. All who present such sacrifices will be defiled. They may eat this food to feed themselves, but they may not offer it to the LORD.

Leviticus 11:45

  1. I, the LORD, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God. You must therefore be holy because I am holy.
  2. "These are the instructions regarding the land animals, the birds, and all the living things that move through the water or swarm over the earth,
  3. so you can distinguish between what is unclean and may not be eaten and what is clean and may be eaten."

Psalms 119:115

  1. Get out of my life, you evil-minded people, for I intend to obey the commands of my God.

1 Corinthians 7:37

  1. But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.

Deuteronomy 32:38

  1. Where now are those gods, who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their offerings? Let those gods arise and help you! Let them provide you with shelter!

2 Corinthians 9:7

  1. You must each make up your own mind as to how much you should give. Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves the person who gives cheerfully.

Acts 11:23

  1. When he arrived and saw this proof of God's favor, he was filled with joy, and he encouraged the believers to stay true to the Lord.

Romans 14:15

  1. And if another Christian is distressed by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you eat it. Don't let your eating ruin someone for whom Christ died.
  2. Then you will not be condemned for doing something you know is all right.
  3. For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 8:7

  1. However, not all Christians realize this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.
  2. It's true that we can't win God's approval by what we eat. We don't miss out on anything if we don't eat it, and we don't gain anything if we do.
  3. But you must be careful with this freedom of yours. Do not cause a brother or sister with a weaker conscience to stumble.
  4. You see, this is what can happen: Weak Christians who think it is wrong to eat this food will see you eating in the temple of an idol. You know there's nothing wrong with it, but they will be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been dedicated to the idol.

Daniel 1:5

  1. The king assigned them a daily ration of the best food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for a three-year period, and then some of them would be made his advisers in the royal court.

Psalms 119:106

  1. I've promised it once, and I'll promise again: I will obey your wonderful laws.

1 Corinthians 10:28

  1. But suppose someone warns you that this meat has been offered to an idol. Don't eat it, out of consideration for the conscience of the one who told you.
  2. It might not be a matter of conscience for you, but it is for the other person. Now, why should my freedom be limited by what someone else thinks?
  3. If I can thank God for the food and enjoy it, why should I be condemned for eating it?
  4. Whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, you must do all for the glory of God.

Acts 10:14

  1. "Never, Lord," Peter declared. "I have never in all my life eaten anything forbidden by our Jewish laws. "
  2. The voice spoke again, "If God says something is acceptable, don't say it isn't."
  3. The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was pulled up again to heaven.

Ruth 1:17

  1. I will die where you die and will be buried there. May the LORD punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!"
  2. So when Naomi saw that Ruth had made up her mind to go with her, she stopped urging her.

Psalms 106:28

  1. Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor; they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

1 Kings 5:5

  1. So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God, just as he instructed my father that I should do. For the LORD told him, `Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.'
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