Thematic Bible: Social functions
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Social functions » Feasts, general references to
Belshazzar the king made a great banquet to a thousand of his lords, and against the thousand he drank wine.
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Therefore they gathered them together and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over from those that had eaten.
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And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and another seven days, even fourteen days.
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There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those that sat at the table with him.
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And Levi made a great banquet in his own house and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down at the table with them.
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And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his princes and tribunes and to the principal people of Galilee;
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And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So 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 banquet unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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And he said unto them, Draw out now and bear unto the butler. And they bore it.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
And they rose up early on the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play.
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For it should suffice us that during the time past of our life we had done the will of the Gentiles, when we conversed in lasciviousness, lusts, drunkenness, gluttony, orgies, and abominable idolatries.
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And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson that he may make us laugh. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport, and they set him between the pillars.
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envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; which I denounce, as I have also told you in time past that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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And so he brought him down, and behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and holding a feast 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 banquet in his house like the banquet of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken; therefore, she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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And they went out into the fields and gathered their vineyards and trod the grapes and made merry and went into the house of their gods and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Birthdays celebrated
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a banquet unto all his slaves, and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his slaves.
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But when Herod's birthday was kept, 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
If any of those that do not believe bid you to a feast, and ye are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you asking no questions for conscience sake.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to prolong visits
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house lest he be weary of thee and so hate thee.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » The king's son
The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a certain man, a king, who made a marriage feast for his son and sent forth his slaves to call those that were invited to the wedding, and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other slaves, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my bulls and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a banquet.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to seek social pre-eminence
When thou art called to a wedding by anyone, do not sit down in the highest place, lest a more honourable man than thou be invited of him, and he that called thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place, and thou begin with shame to have the lowest place.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Esther's
Then the king made a great banquet unto all his princes and his slaves, the banquet of Esther; and he made a release to the provinces of their taxes and gave gifts according to the power of the king.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Samson's
And he came up and told his father and his mother, saying, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore get her for me to wife.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » At cana of galilee
And the third day there was a marriage 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 banquet to a thousand of his lords, and against the thousand he drank wine.
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Therefore they gathered them together and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over from those that had eaten.
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And at that time Solomon held a feast and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and another seven days, even fourteen days.
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There they made him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those that sat at the table with him.
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And Levi made a great banquet in his own house and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down at the table with them.
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And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his princes and tribunes and to the principal people of Galilee;
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And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So 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 banquet unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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And he said unto them, Draw out now and bear unto the butler. And they bore it.
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