Thematic Bible: Social functions
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Social functions » Feasts, general references to
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
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They gathered them therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten.
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And at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the torrent of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen days.
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There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.
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And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
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And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief men of Galilee;
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And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry it to the feast-master. And they carried it.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.
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For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.
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And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may make sport for us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars;
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envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.
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And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abim'elech.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Birthdays celebrated
And it came to pass the third day Pharaoh's birthday that he made a feast to all his bondmen. And he lifted up the head of the chief of the cup-bearers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his bondmen.
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But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to be critical of food
But if any one of the unbelievers invite you, and ye are minded to go, all that is set before you eat, making no inquiry for conscience sake.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to prolong visits
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee and hate thee.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » The king's son
The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son, and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come. Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to seek social pre-eminence
When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him, and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Esther's
And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Samson's
Then he came up, and told his father and mother, "I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » At cana of galilee
And on the third day a marriage took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
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Social life » Social functions » General references to
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.
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They gathered them therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten.
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And at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entrance of Hamath unto the torrent of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, fourteen days.
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There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.
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And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
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And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief men of Galilee;
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And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them;
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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And he says to them, Draw out now, and carry it to the feast-master. And they carried it.
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