Thematic Bible: Social functions
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Social functions » Feasts, general references to
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
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So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.
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So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days.
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So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.
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And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.
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But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.
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And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.
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And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
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For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
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And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
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envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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And when he had taken him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
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And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all 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 a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Birthdays celebrated
On the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
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But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to be critical of food
If one of the unbelievers invites you to dinner and you are disposed to go, eat whatever is set before you without raising any question on the ground of conscience.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to prolong visits
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » The king's son
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.'
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to seek social pre-eminence
"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him, and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Esther's
Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.
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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
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
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Social life » Social functions » General references to
King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.
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So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.
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So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days.
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So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table.
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And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.
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But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
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So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.
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And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.
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And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa, the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
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And he said to them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast." So they took it.
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