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Daniel 1:5, 8, 13, 15, 16

Daniel 1:5 NIV

The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king’s service.

Daniel 1:8 NIV

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

Daniel 1:13 NIV

Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.”

Daniel 1:15 NIV

At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.

Daniel 1:16 NIV

So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.