Thematic Bible: Social functions
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Social functions » Feasts, general references to
Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over from those who have eaten.
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So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
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So they made a supper for him there, and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those who sat dining with him.
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And Levi made a great feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were relaxing with them.
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And having become a convenient day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men 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. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.
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And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both 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 to the feast-ruler. And they carried.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings. And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to revel.
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For enough time of life has past for you to accomplish the will of the Gentiles, having gone in debaucheries, lusts, excesses of wine, revelings, drinking parties, and lawless 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 sport to us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pilla
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envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, 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
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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 very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, 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 feast to all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
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But Herod's birthday being brought, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to be critical of food
If any of those unbelievers invites you, and ye want to go, eat everything being set before you, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to prolong visits
Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor'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 is like a man, a king who made a wedding for his son. And he sent forth his bondmen to call those who were invited to the wedding festivities, and they did not want to come. Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities.
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 are invited by any man to wedding festivities, do not sit down in the chief place, lest there may be a more honorable man than thou who was invited by him. And he who invited thee and him, having come, will say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou will begin with embarrassment to take the last place.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Esther's
Then the king made a great feast to all his rulers and his servants, even Esther's feast, and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts according to the bounty of the king.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Samson's
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah 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 a wedding occurred 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 for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over from those who have eaten.
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So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
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So they made a supper for him there, and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those who sat dining with him.
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And Levi made a great feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were relaxing with them.
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And having become a convenient day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men 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. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.
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And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both 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 to the feast-ruler. And they carried.
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