Gen 40:20, Est 1:3-7, 2:18, Pro 31:4-5, Dan 5:1-4, Hos 7:5, 1Pe 4:3 | ESV | STEP | On the third day , which was Pharaoh’s birthday , he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants .

o[See ver. 1 above]

p ver. 23; See ch. 1:2

r[See ver. 2 above]

s ver. 23; [Judg. 16:24]

t ver. 23; [Rev. 9:20]; See Ps. 115:4-7

u ver. 3

v Ezek. 44:6; 45:9; Acts 17:30

w Eph. 4:17-19; 1 Thess. 4:5; [1 Cor. 12:2]

Genesis 40:20

20 On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s ^abirthday, he made a feast for all his servants and ^blifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

Esther 1:3-7

3 in the third year of his reign ^che gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him, 4 while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his greatness for many days, 180 days. 5 And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of ^dthe garden of the king’s palace. 6 There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods ^{▼▼Or rings} and marble pillars, and also ^fcouches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones. 7 Drinks were served in golden vessels, vessels of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king.

Esther 2:18

18 Then the king ^ggave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther’s feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.

Proverbs 31:4-5

4 ^hIt is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings ⁱto drink wine,
or for rulers to take ^jstrong drink,
5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and ^kpervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Daniel 5:1-4

The Handwriting on the Wall

1 ^lKing Belshazzar ^mmade a great feast for a thousand of his ⁿlords and drank wine in front of the thousand.

2 ^oBelshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that ^pthe vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father ^{▼▼Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18} had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought in ^rthe golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine and ^spraised the ^tgods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Hosea 7:5

5 On the day of ^uour king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.

1 Peter 4:3

3 For the time that is past ^vsuffices ^wfor doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.