14 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.¹ From my youth up till now ^yI have never eaten ^zwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^atainted meat come into my mouth.”

Daniel’s Faithfulness

8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.

8 But I said, ^x‘By no means, Lord; for ^ynothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’