Thematic Bible: Of the rich, luxurious
Thematic Bible
the Diet of the jews » Of the rich, luxurious
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee; and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
They that fed delicately are desolate in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dung-hills.
Verse Concepts
that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David;