49 Bible Verses about Hospitality, Examples Of

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Genesis 18:2-5

And he shall lift up his eyes and shall see, and behold, three men stood by him: and he will see and will run to meet them from the door of the tent, and will bow himself to the earth. And he will say, Lord, if now I found grace in thine eyes, now thou wilt not pass away from thy servant Now he shall take a little water, and will wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.read more.
And I will take a bit of food, and strengthen your heart, afterwards ye shall pass away; for, for this ye passed over to your servant And they will say, Thou shalt do according to what thou saidst

Genesis 19:1-3

And two messengers shall come to Sodom in the evening; and Lot will sit in the gate of Sodom; and Lot will see, and will rise up to meet them, and will bow himself with the face to the earth. And he will say, Behold now, lords, turn aside now to the house of your servant, and pass the night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise early. and go forth to your ways. And they will say, Nay; for in the street we will pass the night And he will press upon them greatly; and they will turn aside to him, and they will come in to his house; and he will make to them a drinking, and he baked unleavened loaves, and they will eat

Genesis 24:22-25

And it shall be when the camels finished drinking, and the man will take a gold ring of half a shekel, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels of gold. And he will say, Whose daughter thou? announce now to me: is there place in thy father's house for us to pass the night? And she will say to him, I the daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, who was born to Nahor.read more.
And she will say to him, also straw, and also much fodder to us; also a place to pass the night.

Exodus 2:20

And he will say to his daughters, Where is he? for what this left ye the man? call to him and he shall eat bread.

Judges 13:15

And Manoah will say to the messenger of Jehovah, We will detain thee now, and we will do before thee a kid of the goats.

Judges 19:1-4

And it will be in those days, and no king in Israel; and it will be a man, a Levite, sojourning in the sides of mount Ephraim, and he will take to him a wife, a concubine, from the House of Bread, of Judah. And his concubine will commit fornication against him, and she will go from him to the house of her father, to the House of Bread, of Judah, and she will be there the days of four months. And her husband will rise and go after her to speak to her heart, to turn it back; and his young man with him and a pair of asses: and she will bring him into her father's house; and the father of the girl will see him and will rejoice at his meeting.read more.
And his father-in-law, the girl's father, will hold fast upon him, and he will dwell with, him three days: and they will eat and drink and lodge there.

2 Samuel 17:27-29

And it will be as David went to Mahanaim, and Shobi, son of Nahash of Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, Beds and basins and vessels of earth, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched grain, and the bean and lentiles, and parched grain, And honey and curdled milk, and sheep, and cheeses of kine, they brought near for David and for the people which Are with him, to eat; for they said the people are hungry and faint and thirsty in the desert.

1 Kings 17:7-16

And it will be from the end of days, and the torrent will dry up, for there was no rain upon the earth. And the word of Jehovah will be to him, saying, Arise, go to Zarephath which is to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I commanded a widow woman to nourish thee there.read more.
And he will rise and go to Zarephath, and will come to the entrance of the city, and behold there a widow woman gathering wood: and he will call to her, and say, Take now to me a little water in a vessel, and I will drink. And she will go to take, and he will call to her and say, Take now to me a bit of bread in thy hand. And she will say, Jehovah thy God lives, if there is to me a cake, but a handful of flour in a bucket, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold me gathering two woods, and I went to do it for me and for my son, and we shall eat and die. And Elijah will say to her, Thou shalt not fear; go and do according to thy word: but make to me from thence a little cake at first, and bring forth to me, and for thee and for thy son thou shalt make at last For thus said Jehovah the God of Israel, The bucket of flour shall not be spent, and the cruse of oil shall not fail until the day Jehovah shall give rain upon the face of the earth. And she will go and do according to the word of Elijah: and she will eat, she and he, and her house, days. The bucket of flour was not spent, and the cruse of oil failed no; according to the word of Jehovah which he spake by the hand of Elijah.

2 Kings 4:8-10

And it will be the day, and Elisha will pass through to Shunem, and a great woman there; and she will lay hold on him to eat bread. And it will be as often as he passed by, he will turn aside there to eat bread. And she will say to her husband, Behold now, I knew that he is a holy man of God, passing by us continually. Now we will make a little wall chamber and put for him there a bed and a table, and a throne and a candlestick; and being in his coming to us he will turn aside there.

Nehemiah 5:17

And the Jews and prefects a hundred and fifty men, and they coming to us from the nations that were round about us; to my table

Matthew 9:10

And it was he sitting at table in the house, and behold, many tax collectors and sinful, having come, sat at table with Jesus and his disciples.

Mark 2:15

And it was in his reclining at table in his house, and many publicans and sinful reclined together with Jesus and his disciples: for they were many, and they followed him.

Luke 5:29

And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them.

Matthew 8:14-15

And Jesus, having come into Peter's house, saw his mother-in-law having been laid up, and affected with fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever let her go: and she arose, and served them.

Mark 1:29-31

And quickly, having come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. And Simon's mother-in-law was laid down, affected with fever: and quickly they speak to him concerning her. And having come, he raised her, having held her hand; and the fever quickly left her, and she served them.

Luke 4:38-39

And having risen from the assembly, he went into Simon's house. And Simon's mother-in-law was taken with a great fever; and they entreated him for her. And having stood over her, he censured the fever: and it left her: and having risen immediately she served them.

Matthew 26:6-7

And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leprous, There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of costly perfumed ointment, and she poured upon the head of him, reclining at table.

Mark 14:3

And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leprous, he reclining at table, a woman came having an alabaster box of perfumed oil of persuasive, costly, spikenard;. and having broken the alabaster box, she poured upon his head.

John 12:1-3

Then Jesus, six days before the pascha, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus the dead, whom he raised from the dead. Then made they him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of them reclining at table with him. Then Mary having taken a pound of perfumed oil of spikenard, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs: and the house was filled with the smell of the perfumed oil.

Luke 10:38

And it was in their going forth, and he came to a certain town : and a certain woman by the name of Martha received him in her house.

Luke 14:1

And it was in his coining into the house of a certain of the Pharisees in the sabbath to eat bread, and they were observing him narrowly.

Luke 19:5-7

And when he came to the place, having looked up, Jesus saw him, and said to him, Zaccheus, having hastened, come down; for to day must I remain in thine house. And having hasted, he came down, and received him rejoicing. And all they having seen, murmured, saying, That he entered in to rest with a sinful man.

Luke 24:29

And they constrained him, saying, Remain with us: for it is near eve, and the day has declined. And he went in to remain with them.

Matthew 10:11-12

And to whatever city or town ye should come in, examine who in it is worthy; and there remain till ye go forth. And entering into a house, do ye greet it.

Mark 6:10

And he said to them, Wherever ye come into a house, there remain ye even till ye should come forth thence.

Luke 9:4

And into whatever house ye come in, remain there, and come out thence.

Luke 10:5-7

And in whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace to this house. And if truly the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: and if not so, it shall turn back to you. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking the things of them: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

Acts 10:32

Therefore send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he is received as guest in the house of Simon the currier by the sea: who, being present, shall speak to thee.

Acts 10:48

And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then asked they him to remain certain. days.

Acts 18:2-3

And having found a certain Jew by name Aquila, a Pontian by birth, having recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife; (for Claudius had ordered all Jews to be separated from Rome:) came to them. And because being of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought: for they were by trade tentmakers.

Acts 21:8

And the morrow, they about Paul having come out, came to Cesarea: and having come to Philip's house, bearer of good news, being of the seven, we remained with him.

Acts 21:16

And there came also with us of disciples from Cesarea, bringing with whom we should be received as guests to a certain Mnason Of Cyprus, an ancient disciple.

Acts 28:2

And the foreigners bestowed upon us no ordinary kindness: for having lighted a pile of wood, they received us all on account of the impending rain, and for the cold.

Acts 28:7

And with them about that place was landed property to the first of the island, by name Publius; who having received us, lodged us with friendship three days.

Romans 16:23

Gains my guest, and of the whole church, embraces you. Erastus steward of the city embraces you, and Quartus the brother.

1 Corinthians 16:19

The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla, with the church at their house, greet you.

Romans 16:3-5

Embrace Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: Who for my soul have laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the nations. And the church in their house. Embrace my beloved Epenetus, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.

Colossians 4:15

Greet the brethren in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church in his house.

1 Samuel 25:10-11

And Nabal will answer David's servants, and say, Who is David? and who the son of Jesse? this day there were many servants breaking away a man from the face of his lord. And took I my bread and my water, and my slaughter which I slaughtered for my shearers, and gave to men whom I knew not from whence they are?

Numbers 20:18

And Edom will say to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest with the sword I shall come out to thy meeting.

Numbers 21:21-23

And Israel will send messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, I will pass over in thy land: we will not turn into the field and into the vineyard; we will not drink water of the well; in the way of the king we will go till we shall pass over thy boundary. And Sihon gave not to Israel to pass over by his boundary; and Sihon will gather all his people, and will come forth to meet Israel to the desert: and he will come to Jahaz, and he will fight against Israel.

Deuteronomy 23:3-4

An Ammonite and a Moabite shall not come into the gathering of Jehovah; also the tenth generation to them shall not come in to the gathering of Jehovah, even forever: For the word that they met you not with bread and with water in the way in your coming out of Egypt, and who hired against thee Balaam, son of Beor of Pethor, of Arum of the two rivers, to curse thee.

Judges 19:15

And they will turn aside there to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he will go in and sit down in the street of the city, and no man receiving them to the house to lodge.

Luke 9:52-53

And he sent messengers before his face: and having gone, they came into a town of Samaritans, in order to prepare for him. And they received him not, for his face was going to Jerusalem.

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