oSee Ps. 104:15
Genesis 29:22
22So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and amade a feast.Esther 1:7-22
7Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king. 8And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired. 9Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.Queen Vashti’s Refusal
10On the seventh day, bwhen the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, cHarbona, dBigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, 11to bring Queen Vashti before the king with eher royal crown, ▼▼Or headdress
in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was lovely to look at. 12But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command delivered by the eunuchs. At this the king became enraged, and his anger burned within him. 13Then the king said to gthe wise men hwho knew the times (for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, 14the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and iMemucan, jthe seven princes of Persia and Media, kwho saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom): 15“According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?” 16Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 17For the queen’s behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt, since they will say, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.’ 18This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s behavior will say the same to all the king’s officials, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty. 19If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so lthat it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. 20So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, for it is vast, mall women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.” 21This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. 22He sent letters to all the royal provinces, nto every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
19Bread is made for laughter,and owine gladdens life,
and pmoney answers everything.
Matthew 22:2-4
2 q“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave ra wedding feast for his son, 3and ssent his servants ▼▼Greek bondservants; also verses 4, 6, 8, 10
to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. 4 uAgain he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my vdinner, wmy oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ John 2:9
9When the master of the feast tasted xthe water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroomRevelation of John 19:9
9And the angel said ▼▼Greek he said
to me, “Write this: zBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, aa“These are the true words of God.”
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