7 Bible Verses about Social Life

Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”

“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.

The steward brought the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and got feed for their donkeys.

Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.

King Belshazzar held a great feast for 1,000 of his nobles and drank wine in their presence.

So they collected them and filled 12 baskets with the pieces from the five barley loaves that were left over by those who had eaten.

Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt—observed the festival at that time in the presence of the Lord our God, seven days, and seven more days—14 days.

So they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

Just then Jesus met them and said, “Good morning!” They came up, took hold of His feet, and worshiped Him.

Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.”

“The Lord bless you,” they replied.

And the angel came to her and said, “Rejoice, favored woman! The Lord is with you.”

When he looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother that you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.”

When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

Early the next morning they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink, then got up to play.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

When they were drunk, they said, “Bring Samson here to entertain us.” So they brought Samson from prison, and he entertained them. They had him stand between the pillars.

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you.

They stopped to go in and spend the night in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one took them into their home to spend the night.

But they did not welcome Him, because He determined to journey to Jerusalem.

Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out against them with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.

Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.

“If you come across your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

But

If your enemy is hungry, feed him.
If he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
For in so doing
you will be heaping fiery coals on his head.

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Indeed, if you keep the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the law.

Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves. Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, in order to build him up.

and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality.

but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled,

Don’t neglect to show hospitality, for by doing this some have welcomed angels as guests without knowing it.

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

When Elisha became sick with the illness that he died from, Jehoash king of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

I was naked and you clothed Me;
I was sick and you took care of Me;
I was in prison and you visited Me.’

So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.

Then Joseph threw his arms around Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.
All the churches of Christ send you greetings.

Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair. So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

Don’t all of us have one Father? Didn’t one God create us? Why then do we act treacherously against one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord made them both.

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his servants. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.

If one of the unbelievers invites you over and you want to go, eat everything that is set before you, without raising questions of conscience.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to fall, I will never again eat meat, so that I won’t cause my brother to fall.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;
otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn't want to come. Again, he sent out other slaves, and said, 'Tell those who are invited: Look, I've prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet. '

So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast.

Therefore, let us no longer criticize one another. Instead decide never to put a stumbling block or pitfall in your brother’s way.

While He was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came as guests to eat with Jesus and His disciples.

"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don't recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host. The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

The king held a great banquet for all his officials and staff. It was Esther’s banquet. He freed his provinces from tax payments and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

He went back and told his father and his mother: “I have seen a young Philistine woman in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”

From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.

While they were traveling, He entered a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home.

But they urged Him: “Stay with us, because it’s almost evening, and now the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

And looking about at those who were sitting in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

One Sabbath, when He went to eat at the house of one of the leading Pharisees, they were watching Him closely.

While He was in Bethany at the house of Simon who had a serious skin disease, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of pure and expensive fragrant oil of nard. She broke the jar and poured it on His head.

Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

All who saw it began to complain, “He’s gone to lodge with a sinful man!”

Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and