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
David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." So Uriah went out from the king's house, and a gift from the king went out after him.
Was five times
Genesis 45:22
To each and to all of them he gave sets of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothing.
1 Samuel 1:5
But to Hannah he would give {a double portion}, because he loved Hannah, though Yahweh had closed her womb.
1 Samuel 9:22
So Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them to a room in the building and gave them a place at the head of {the invited guests}. There were about thirty men.
Were merry
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go--eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart! For God already has approved your deeds.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
{Feasts are held for celebration}, wine cheers the living, and money answers everything.
Song of Songs 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister bride, 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 and become drunk [with] love}!
Habakkuk 1:6
For look! I am raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and impetuous nation, the one who walks through the spacious places of earth to take possession of dwellings not belonging to it.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a man [who is] a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."
John 2:10
and said to him, "{Everyone} serves the good wine first, and whenever they are drunk, the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!"
General references
Proverbs 23:1
When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you,