76 Bible Verses about Tables

Let us build a small room on the roof, and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it. He can stay there when he visits us.

One of the Pharisees asked him to dine with him. He went to the Pharisee's house and sat down to eat.

A woman came to him having an alabaster vase containing very precious ointment. She poured it upon his head while he was eating.

He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper. While he was dining a woman with an alabaster vase filled with costly perfume, of pure nard (spikenard), brake it open and poured it over his head.

As he spoke a Pharisee invited him to dine with him. He accepted the invitation and went to eat.

Jesus ate supper there. He and Lazarus sat at the meal while Martha served.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.

They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; Rise up, captains, oil the shields,

He would bring you out of the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

Let their table before them become a snare. Let it become retribution and a trap.

Then they spoke against God. They said: Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

She prepared her food and mixed her wine. She furnished her table.

You sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set my incense and my oil.

When he had sat down with them to eat he took the bread and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed, and broke it; and he gave to the disciples. Then he said: Take, eat; this is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my body. Then he took a cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: Drink it all.

While they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said: Take it, this means (represents) my body. He took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to them and they all had a drink from it.

He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said: Take this, and share it among yourselves. I say to you, I shall not drink from the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God comes. He gave thanks. Then he took the bread, broke it and gave it to them, saying: This represents my body that is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

For I received from the Lord that which I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread. And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take and eat. This represents (is) my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

She said: Yes, Lord; but even the dogs take the scraps from under their masters' table.

She answered: Yes Lord, even the dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.

And Adoni-bezek said: Seventy kings with their big toes cut off have gathered food scrapes under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done. So they brought him to Jerusalem where he died.

He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores.

There is more, a hundred and fifty of the Jews and the rulers were guests at my table, in addition to those who came to us from the nations nearby. The food for one day included: one bull and six fat sheep, as well as fowls; and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. All the same, I did not take the food to which the ruler had a right, because the people were crushed under a hard yoke.

His twelve governors supplied the food King Solomon needed for all who ate in the palace. They always supplied everything needed, each one in the month assigned.

When the queen of Sheba perceived all the Wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, she was overwhelmed.

When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon's wisdom, the palace he built, the food on his table, his officers' seating arrangement, the organization of his officials and the uniforms they wore, his cupbearers and their uniforms, and the burnt offerings that he sacrificed at Jehovah's Temple, she was breathless.

I assigned a kingdom to you just as my Father assigned it to me. Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He sent out his servants to invite guests to the feast, but they would not come.

One of the guests at the table then said to Jesus: Those who sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God will be happy!

They were served food from Joseph's table. And Benjamin was given five times as much as each of the others. So Joseph's brothers drank with him and had a good time.

Ziba answered: I will do everything Your Majesty commands. So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, just like one of the king's sons.

But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai from Gilead and take care of them. They were kind to me when I was fleeing from your brother Absalom.

Now gather all Israel together before me at Mount Carmel. Also gather the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal who get their food at Jezebel's table.

He said kind things to him and placed his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. His prison clothing was changed. He was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest of his life.

He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. Jehoiakin no longer wore prison clothes, and he ate his meals in the king's presence as long as he lived.

He spoke an illustration to the invited guests. He noticed they chose from the most important seats. So he said to them:

The cup of blessing we bless, is it not the sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is it not the sharing of the body of Christ? For we being many are one-bread and one-body. We are all partakers of that one bread. Is physical Israel the ones who eat the sacrifices, the partakers of the altar?read more.
What do I mean? That the idol is anything, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is anything? But I say, that the things that the nations sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God. I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.

The king assigned a daily amount of the king's special rich food for them and also the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years. At the end of that time they would serve the king. Now among these children of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The officer in charge gave names to them: To Daniel he gave the name of Belteshazzar. Hananiah was called Shadrach. Mishael was called Meshach and Azariah was named Abednego.read more.
Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's special food and wine. He requested permission from the officer in charge that he might not defile himself.

You cannot drink the cup of Jehovah and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the Jehovah's Table and of the table of demons. (Malachi 1:12)

Jonathan was angry that his father had insulted David. He got up and left the table. He did not eat anything all that day.

But as for you who forsake Jehovah and forget my holy mountain, which spread a table for the God of Fortune (Babylonian diety) and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire. The women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite me.

Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

David said to me: 'Please let me go, since our family must make a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to attend. If I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.' Saul got angry with Jonathan and he said, You are Son of a crooked and rebellious woman Jonathan! I know you have sided with Jesse's son, Saul accused. You have no shame. You act as if you are your mother's son not mine. As long as Jesse's son lives on earth, neither you nor your right to be king is secure. Send some men to bring him to me. He is a dead man!

And as for both these kings, their hearts will be inclined to do bad things. They will speak lies at one table and nothing will succeed. The end will come at the time appointed.

When evening arrived, he sat down to eat with the twelve disciples. While they ate, he said: One of you will betray me.

While they sat and ate Jesus said: Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, even he that eats with me.

Look, he who betrays me is at the table.

Which is greater, he who sits and eats or he who serves? Is it he who sits and eats? However I am in the midst of you as he who serves.

Those servants are blessed, for the master will find them alert when he comes. I tell you he will tighten his belt, have them sit down at the table, and he will serve them the meal.

The twelve called the congregation of the disciples to them. They said: It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God and serve tables.

He found the merchants who sold oxen, sheep and doves. The moneychangers were sitting nearby. He made a whip of cords, and chased them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. He poured out the coins of the moneychangers and overturned the tables.

Jesus went into the Temple and drove out all who were trading there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those trading in doves.

When in Jerusalem he entered the temple and turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the people who sold doves.

Make a table of acacia wood thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. Cover it with pure gold. Put a gold molding around it. Make a rim three inches wide around it. Put a gold molding around the rim.read more.
Make four gold rings for it. Fasten them to the four corners where the four legs are. The rings are to be close to the rim. They are to hold the poles for carrying the table. Make the poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold and use them to carry the table. The plates and dishes for the table should be out of pure gold. Also make pitchers and bowls to be used for pouring wine offerings. The table should be placed in front of the Covenant Box. There is always to be the sacred bread offered to me for the table.

He made the table of acacia wood. It was thirty-six inches long and eighteen inches wide and twenty-seven inches high. He covered it with pure gold, and made a gold molding that went all around it. The rim he made for it was a handbreadth all around. He also made gold molding all around it.read more.
He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles for carrying the table. These poles were made out of acacia wood and were covered with gold. He made plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers to be used for pouring wine offerings on the table. All of them were made out of pure gold.

Set the table outside the veil. Place the lamp stand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. Place the table on the north side.

the table with its equipment, the lamp stand with its equipment, the incense altar with all its utensils,

the table, its poles, and all its equipment; the bread offered to God;

the table with all the dishes, the bread of the presence,

Bring in the table and place the equipment on it. Also bring the lamp stand and set up the lamps on it.

They were in charge of the Ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the utensils used in the holy place, and the screen. They took care of all these things.

They will spread a violet cloth over the table of the presence and put on it the plates, dishes, bowls, and pitchers for the wine offerings. The bread that is always in Jehovah's presence will also be on it.

A tabernacle was set up. The first room was called the Holy Place. It contained the lamp stand and table and the consecrated bread.

He made ten tables and put them in the temple. Five were on the south side and five on the north side. And he made one hundred gold bowls.

Solomon made all the furnishings for Jehovah's Temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which the bread of the presence was placed,

Solomon made all the furnishings for God's Temple: the gold altar, the gold tables on which the bread of the presence was placed,

the weight of gold for each table with the rows of bread, and the silver for the silver tables,

Every morning and every evening they offer him incense and animal sacrifices burned whole. They present the offerings of bread on a table that is ritually clean, and every evening they light the lamps on the gold lamp stand. We do what Jehovah has commanded! But you have abandoned him!

Then they went to King Hezekiah. They said: We have made Jehovah's entire temple clean. This includes the altar for burnt offerings, all its utensils, the table for the rows of bread and all its utensils,

There were two tables on each side of the entrance hall of the gateway. On these tables the animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, offerings for sin, and guilt offerings. On each side of the entrance to the north gateway there were two tables, and on the other side of the entrance hall of the gateway there were two tables. So there were four tables on each side of the gateway, eight tables in all, on which they slaughtered animals.read more.
There were four tables made of cut stone for burnt offerings. They were three feet long, three feet wide, and twenty-one inches high. On these tables the priests laid the utensils that were used to slaughter animals for burnt offerings and sacrifices. Double-pronged hooks, three inches long, were attached to the wall all around the room, and the tables were for the meat of the animals.

There was a wooden altar. It was five feet high and three and one half feet wide. Its corners, its base, and its sides were made of wood. Then the man told me: This is the table that is in the presence of Jehovah.

They will enter my sanctuary and come near my table to minister to me and keep my charge.

A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread. Some of their Kohathite brothers were in charge of preparing for every Sabbath the bread set out on the table.

For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

This is how you despise me. You offer worthless food on my altar. Then you ask: 'How have we failed to respect you?' I tell you it is by showing contempt for my altar.