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 moreover to Uriah, "Go down to thine house and wash thy feet." And Uriah departed out of the king's palace, and there followed him a service from the king's table.
Was five times
Genesis 45:22
And he gave unto each of them change of raiment: but unto Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of raiment.
1 Samuel 1:5
But unto Hannah he gave a portion with a heavy cheer, for he loved her; nevertheless the LORD had made her barren.
1 Samuel 9:22
And Samuel took Saul and his lad and brought them into the parlour and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden: which were upon a thirty persons.
Were merry
Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn:
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thou thy way then, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness, for thy works please God.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
Meat maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merry; but unto money are all things obedient.
Song of Songs 5:1
Come into my garden O my sister, my Spouse: I have gathered my Myrrh with my spice. I will eat my honey and my honeycomb, I will drink my wine and my milk. Eat, O ye friends, drink and be merry, O ye beloved.
Habakkuk 1:6
For lo, I will raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and swift people: which shall go as wide as the land is, to take possession of dwelling places that be not their own.
Matthew 11:19
The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and drinker of wine, and a friend unto publicans, and sinners. And neverthelater, wisdom is justified of her children."
John 2:10
and said unto him, "All men at the beginning set forth good wine; And when men be drunk, then that which is worse: But thou hast kept back the good wine until now."
General references
Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest at the table to eat with a lord, order thyself mannerly with the things that are set before thee.