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

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Bible References

Messes

2 Samuel 11:8
And David will say to Uriah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet And Uriah will go forth from the house of the king and a loan of the king will go forth after him.

Was five times

Genesis 45:22
To all of them he gave, to each, changes of garments: and to Benjamin he gave three hundred of silver and five changes of garments.
1 Samuel 1:5
And to Hannah he will give one portion more, for he loved Hannah; and Jehovah. shut up her womb.
1 Samuel 9:22
And Samuel will take Saul and his boy, and will bring them to the chamber, and will give to them place among the first of those being called, and they about thirty men.

Were merry

Proverbs 31:6
Ye shall give strong drink to him perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go eat in joy thy bread, and drink thy wine in a good heart; for already God was satisfied with thy works.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
For laughter they make bread, and wine will gladden the living: and silver will answer with all.
Song of Songs 5:1
I Came to my garden, my sister, O spouse: I gathered my myrrh with my spices; I ate my droppings with my honey; I drank my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; drink ye, and drink to the full, O beloved ones.
Habakkuk 1:6
For behold me raising up the Chaldeans, the nation bitter and hasty, going upon the wide places of the land to possess the dwelling not to him.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man a glutton, and wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinful; and wisdom has been justified from her children.
John 2:10
And says to him, Every man sets good wine first; and when they be intoxicated, then inferior: thou hast kept the good wine till now.

General references

Proverbs 23:1
If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee.