Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Messes
Was five times
Were merry
General references
Bible References
Messes
2 Samuel 11:8
And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.
Was five times
Genesis 45:22
To each one of them all he gave changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.
1 Samuel 1:5
but to Hannah he used to give a double portion, for he loved Hannah; but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 9:22
And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the chamber, and gave them a place at the head of them that were invited; and they were about thirty persons.
Were merry
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto the bitter of soul:
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
Song of Songs 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones!
Habakkuk 1:6
For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
John 2:10
and says to him, Every man sets on first the good wine, and when men have well drunk, then the inferior; thou hast kept the good wine till now.
General references
Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;