Daniel 1:9-11

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⁹ Now God gave Daniel favor and pity in the eyes of the head ruler. ¹⁰ The head ruler said to him, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has said you were to have so much and he would see that you were not looking as good as the other young men who are as old as you. The king would cut off my head because of you.” ¹¹ Then Daniel said to the man whom the head ruler had chosen to watch over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,