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Abstemiousness

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Proverbs 23:1When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,Proverbs 23:2And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.Proverbs 23:3Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.Daniel 1:8And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king’s portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.Daniel 1:9And God giveth Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;Daniel 1:10and the chief of the eunuchs saith to Daniel, ‘I am fearing my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink, for why doth he see your faces sadder than those of the lads which are of your circle? then ye have made my head indebted to the king,’Daniel 1:11And Daniel saith unto the Meltzar, whom the chief of the eunuchs hath appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,Daniel 1:12‘Try, I pray thee, thy servants, ten days; and they give to us of the vegetables, and we eat, and water, and we drink;Daniel 1:13and our appearance is seen before thee, and the appearance of the lads who are eating the king’s portion of food, and as thou seest—deal with thy servants.’Daniel 1:14And he hearkeneth to them, to this word, and trieth them ten days:Daniel 1:15and at the end of ten days their appearance hath appeared better and fatter in flesh then any of the lads who are eating the king’s portion of food.Daniel 1:16And the Meltzar is taking away their portion of food, and the wine of their drink, and is giving to them vegetables.Matthew 11:19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.’