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

General references

Bible References

Messes

2 Samuel 11:8
And David saith to Uriah, 'Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king,

Was five times

Genesis 45:22
to all of them hath he given -- to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred silverlings, and five changes of garments;
1 Samuel 1:5
and to Hannah he giveth a certain portion -- double, for he hath loved Hannah, and Jehovah hath shut her womb;
1 Samuel 9:22
And Samuel taketh Saul, and his young man, and bringeth them in to the chamber, and giveth to them a place at the head of those called; and they are about thirty men.

Were merry

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
Song of Songs 5:1
I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!
Habakkuk 1:6
For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.
Matthew 11:19
the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'
John 2:10
and saith to him, 'Every man, at first, the good wine doth set forth; and when they may have drunk freely, then the inferior; thou didst keep the good wine till now.'

General references

Proverbs 23:1
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,