Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
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Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,
1 Samuel 16:20
And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.
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Genesis 26:30
Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.
Genesis 29:22
And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.
Judges 14:10
Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.
Esther 1:7
And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.
Esther 1:8
And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.
Esther 1:9
And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.
Esther 1:11
That Vashti the queen was to come before him, crowned with her crown, and let the people and the captains see her: for she was very beautiful.
Esther 1:12
But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.
Esther 1:13
And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:
Esther 1:14
And second only to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who were friends of the king, and had the first places in the kingdom:)
Esther 1:15
What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?
Esther 1:16
And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus;
Esther 1:17
For news of what the queen has done will come to the ears of all women, and they will no longer give respect to their husbands when it is said to them, King Ahasuerus gave orders for Vashti the queen to come before him and she came not.
Esther 1:18
And the wives of the captains of Persia and Media, hearing what the queen has done, will say the same to all the king's captains. So there will be much shame and wrath.
Esther 1:19
If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.
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Genesis 27:25
And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.
Genesis 31:1
Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
1 Samuel 25:37
And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.
Esther 7:2
And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
Isaiah 5:12
And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
Isaiah 22:13
But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
Daniel 5:2
Belshazzar, while he was overcome with wine, gave orders for them to put before him the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem; so that the king and his lords, his wives and his other women, might take their drink from them.
Daniel 5:5
In that very hour the fingers of a man's hand were seen, writing opposite the support for the light on the white wall of the king's house, and the king saw the part of the hand which was writing.
Daniel 5:6
Then the colour went from the king's face, and he was troubled by his thoughts; strength went from his body, and his knees were shaking.
Daniel 5:7
The king, crying out with a loud voice, said that the users of secret arts, the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs, were to be sent for. The king made answer and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever is able to make out this writing, and make clear to me the sense of it, will be clothed in purple and have a chain of gold round his neck, and will be a ruler of high authority in the kingdom.
Daniel 5:11
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, light and reason like the wisdom of the gods were seen in him: and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, made him master of the wonder-workers, and the users of secret arts, and the Chaldaeans, and the readers of signs;
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
1 Peter 4:3
Because for long enough, in times past, we have been living after the way of the Gentiles, given up to the desires of the flesh, to drinking and feasting and loose behaviour and unclean worship of images;
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Genesis 48:22
And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.
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Exodus 5:16
They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.
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Numbers 15:5
And for the drink offering, you are to give with the burned offering or other offering, the fourth part of a hin of wine for every lamb.
Numbers 15:7
And for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
Numbers 15:10
And for the drink offering: give half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 2:6
You may get food for your needs from them for a price, and water for drinking.
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1 Chronicles 29:7
And they gave for the use of the house of the Lord, five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
Ezra 8:27
And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.
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Esther 1:20
And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.
Esther 1:21
And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;
Esther 1:22
And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given out in the language of his people.
Matthew 22:2
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,
Matthew 22:3
And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.
Matthew 22:4
Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
Revelation 19:9
And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
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Job 5:1
Give now a cry for help; is there anyone who will give you an answer? and to which of the holy ones will you make your prayer?
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Job 29:24
I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.
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Job 40:2
Will he who is protesting give teaching to the Ruler of all? Let him who has arguments to put forward against God give an answer.
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Psalms 33:5
His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
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Psalms 112:3
A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Proverbs 15:6
In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.
Proverbs 21:20
There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Wisdom together with a heritage is good, and a profit to those who see the sun.
Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Matthew 6:20
But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away:
Luke 6:45
The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
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Proverbs 31:7
Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
Daniel 5:8
Then all the king's wise men came in: but they were not able to make out the writing or give the sense of it to the king.
Daniel 5:9
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled and the colour went from his face, and his lords were at a loss.
Daniel 5:10
The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the house of the feast: the queen made answer and said, O King, have life for ever; do not be troubled by your thoughts or let the colour go from your face:
Daniel 5:12
Because a most special spirit, and knowledge and reason and the power of reading dreams and unfolding dark sayings and answering hard questions, were seen to be in him, even in Daniel (named Belteshazzar by the king): now let Daniel be sent for, and he will make clear the sense of the writing.
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Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:
Ecclesiastes 10:6
The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.
Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.
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Ecclesiastes 10:10
If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.
Ecclesiastes 12:4
When the doors are shut in the street, and the sound of the crushing is low, and the voice of the bird is soft, and the daughters of music will be made low;
Isaiah 44:17
And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his pictured image: he goes down on his face before it, giving worship to it, and making prayer to it, saying, Be my saviour; for you are my god.
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Lamentations 4:5
Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Ezekiel 4:15
Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.
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Hosea 2:21
And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;
Hosea 2:23
And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.
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Habakkuk 1:6
For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.
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Psalms 23:5
You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.
Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
Zechariah 9:15
The Lord of armies will be a cover for them; and they will overcome, crushing under foot the armed men; they will take their blood for drink like wine: they will be full like the sides of the altar.
Zechariah 9:16
And the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land.
Zechariah 9:17
For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
Matthew 26:28
Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
John 2:3
When they had not enough wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine.
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Judges 19:6
So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.
Judges 19:9
And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.
Judges 19:22
While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.
Ruth 3:7
Now when Boaz had taken meat and drink, and his heart was glad, he went to take his rest at the end of the mass of grain; then she came softly and, uncovering his feet, went to rest.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
Ecclesiastes 3:13
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
1 Corinthians 10:31
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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