Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Four Fearless Youth Test Temperance

Why did Daniel refuse the food and wine of the king? BR-ASI9 477.4

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank.” Daniel 1:8. (See Judges 13:4.) BR-ASI9 477.5

Instead of these, what did he request? BR-ASI9 477.6

“Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.” Daniel 1:12. BR-ASI9 477.7

At the end of ten days’ test, how did he and his companions appear? BR-ASI9 477.8

“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.” Daniel 1:15. BR-ASI9 477.9

At the end of their three years’ course in the school of Babylon, how did the wisdom of Daniel and his companions compare with that of others? BR-ASI9 477.10

“Now at the end of the days . . . the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: . . . and in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” Daniel 1:18-20. BR-ASI9 477.11