⁴ Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

¹⁷ For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

⁵ And a regular amount of food and wine every day from the king's table was ordered for them by the king; and they were to be cared for for three years so that at the end of that time they might take their places before the king.

⁶ And among these there were, of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

⁷ And the captain of the unsexed servants gave them names; to Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar, to Hananiah the name of Shadrach, to Mishael the name of Meshach, and to Azariah the name of Abed-nego.

⁸ And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

¹⁷ O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.

³⁶ Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.

⁵⁸ Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

⁴ And another voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you may have no part in her sins and in her punishments.

³¹ So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

¹³ And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

¹³ Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

⁴ But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

³⁰ But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

² For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods.

²⁷ If a Gentile makes a feast for you, and you are pleased to go as a guest, take whatever is put before you, without question of right or wrong.

²⁸ But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:

¹³ And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

¹⁴ But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

⁶ Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

⁷ For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

⁸ The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

¹ When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

² And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.

³ Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

²² And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.