'Banquets' in the Bible

Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king's edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.

His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehovah they behold not, Yea, the work of His hands they have not seen.

In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.

They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,

the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

“Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.