Thematic Bible: Social functions
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Social functions » Feasts, general references to
King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,
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And they gathered it together: and filled twelve baskets with the broken meat of the five barley loaves, which broken meat remained unto them that had eaten.
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And Solomon held that same time a high feast and all Israel with him, a mighty congregation, even from the coasts of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and yet seven days, that is, fourteen days.
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There they made him a supper, and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
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And that same Levi made him a great feast at home in his own house. And there was a great company of publicans, and of others that sat at meat with him.
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But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
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And he made great ordinance before them. And when they had eaten and drunk, sent them away, and they went to their master. And so the soldiers 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 prepared for them.
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were in the castle of Susa, both unto great and small, seven days long in the court of the garden by the king's palace:
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And he said unto them, "Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast." And they bare it.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
And they rose up in the morning and offered burnt offerings, and brought offerings of atonement also. And then they sat them down to eat and drink, and rose up again to play.
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For it is sufficient for us that we have spent the time that is past of the life, after the will of the gentiles; walking in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, in eating, drinking, and in abominable idolatry.
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And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Send for Samson and let him play before us." And they fetched Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them, and they set him between the pillars.
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envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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And when he had brought him: see, they lay scattered abroad upon the earth, eating and drinking and triumphing over all the great prey that they had carried away out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day.
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And they went out into the fields and gathered in their grapes and trod them and made merry: and went into the house of their God, and did eat and drink 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 unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
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But when Herod's birthday was come, 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 them which believe not bid you to a feast, and if ye be disposed to go, whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no question 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 abhor thee.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » The king's son
"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain King, which married his son, and sent forth his servants, to call them that were bid to the wedding: and they would not come. Again he sent forth other servants, saying, 'Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.'
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Jacob's
Then Laban bade all the men of that place, and made a feast.
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Social functions » Advices to guests » Not to seek social pre-eminence
"When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him, and he that bade both him and thee, come and say to thee, 'Give this man room.' And thou then begin with shame to take the lowest room.
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Esther's
And the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants - which feast was because of Esther - and let the lands be in quietness, and gave royal gifts.
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » Samson's
and came up and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And now give her me to wife."
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Social functions » Wedding feasts » At cana of galilee
And the third day, was there a marriage in Cana, a city of Galilee. And Jesus' mother was there.
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Social life » Social functions » General references to
King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,
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And they gathered it together: and filled twelve baskets with the broken meat of the five barley loaves, which broken meat remained unto them that had eaten.
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And Solomon held that same time a high feast and all Israel with him, a mighty congregation, even from the coasts of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and yet seven days, that is, fourteen days.
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There they made him a supper, and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
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And that same Levi made him a great feast at home in his own house. And there was a great company of publicans, and of others that sat at meat with him.
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But when a convenient day was come: Herod on his birthday made a supper to the Lords, captains, and chief estates of Galilee.
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And he made great ordinance before them. And when they had eaten and drunk, sent them away, and they went to their master. And so the soldiers 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 prepared for them.
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were in the castle of Susa, both unto great and small, seven days long in the court of the garden by the king's palace:
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And he said unto them, "Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast." And they bare it.
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