And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, "Drink no wine nor strong drink - neither thou nor thy sons with thee - when ye go into the tabernacle of witness, lest ye die. And let it be a law forever unto your children after you: that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean,

Numbers 6:3-4

he shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink, nor drink whatsoever is pressed out of grapes: and shall eat no fresh grapes neither yet dried, as long as his abstinence endureth. Moreover he shall eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, no not so much as the kernels or the husk of the grape.

Judges 13:13-14

And the Angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, "Thy wife must abstain from all that I said unto her: she may eat of nothing that cometh of the vine tree, nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: But must observe all that I bade her."

Esther 1:8

And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him. Verse Concepts

Proverbs 23:20

Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh; Verse Concepts

Proverbs 23:31-32

Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass. It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder.

Jeremiah 35:6-8

But they said, "We drink no wine, for Jonadab the yea, ye shall have no vineyards: but for all your time ye shall dwell in tents, that ye may live long in the land, wherein ye be strangers.' Thus have we obeyed the commandment of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father, in all that he hath charged us, and so we drink no wine all our life long: we, nor our wives, our sons, and our daughters.

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Jeremiah 35:14

The words which Jonadab the son of Rechab commanded his sons, that they should drink no wine, are fast and surely kept: for unto this day they drink no wine but obey their father's commandment. But as for me, I have stood up early, I have spoken unto you, and given you earnest warning: and yet have ye not been obedient unto me. Verse Concepts

Entertainments » Men and women did not usually meet at

Esther 1:8-9

And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him. And the queen Vashti made a feast also for the women in the palace of Ahasuerus.

Entertainments » None asked to eat or drink more than he liked at

Esther 1:8

And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him. Verse Concepts

Feasts » Given by kings

1 Kings 2:7

And show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among them that eat at thine own table, because they so clave to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother. Verse Concepts

1 Kings 4:22

And Solomon's food was in one day thirty quarters of manchet flour and three score quarters of meal; Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 25:36

And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day. Verse Concepts

Daniel 5:1-4

King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer, and when he was drunken with wine, he commanded to bring him the golden and silver vessels, which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple at Jerusalem: that the king and his lords with his queen and concubines might drink thereout. So they brought the golden vessel, that was taken out of the temple of the LORD's house at Jerusalem. Then the king and his lords with his queen and concubines drunk out of them. read more.
They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

1 Samuel 20:5

And David said unto Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the first day of the month, and I should sit with the king at meat. But let me go that I may hide myself in the fields unto this day three days at evening. Verse Concepts

2 Samuel 9:10

See therefore that thou and thy sons and thy servants till the land for him, and bring in, that thy master's son may have food to eat. For Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat meat always upon my table." For this Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. Verse Concepts

1 Kings 18:19

But now send and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel; and the Prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty; and the Prophets of the groves; four hundred, which eat of Jezebel's table. Verse Concepts

Esther 1:3-8

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and servants. And the mighty men of Persia and Media, the captains also, and rulers of his countries, were before him; and he showed the riches and glory of his kingdom, and the glorious worship of his greatness, many days long, even a hundred and fourscore days. And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were in the castle of Susa, both unto great and small, seven days long in the court of the garden by the king's palace: read more.
where there hanged white, red and yellow cloths, fastened with cords of linen and scarlet in silver rings, upon pillars of Marble stone. The benches were of gold and silver made upon a pavement of green, white, yellow and black Marble. And the drink was carried in vessels of gold, and there was ever change of vessel. And the king's wine was much according to the power of the king. And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him.

Feasts » Ancient customs at » Men alone present at

Genesis 40:20

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. Verse Concepts

Genesis 43:32

And they prepared for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Verse Concepts

Genesis 43:34

And they brought rewards unto them from before him: but Benjamin's part was five times so much as any of theirs. And they ate and they drank, and were drunk with him. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

Luke 14:24

For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.'" Verse Concepts

Esther 1:8-9

Mark 6:21

But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee. Verse Concepts

Medo-persian kingdom » Peculiar customs in

Esther 1:8

And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him. Verse Concepts

Esther 2:12-13

And when the appointed time of every damsel came that she should come to the king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months in the decking of the women - for their decking must have so much time, namely six months with Balm and Myrrh, and six months with good spices; so were the women beautified - then went there one damsel unto the king, and whatsoever she required, that must be given her to go with her out of the women's building unto the king's palace.

Wine » Abstinence from » Of the advisorss of ahasuerus

Esther 1:8

And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that everyone should do as it liked him. Verse Concepts