Bible Cross References
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Genesis 27:41
Esau hated Jacob, because his father had given Jacob the blessing. He thought, "The time to mourn my father's death is near; then I will kill Jacob."
2 Samuel 13:23-29
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Two years later Absalom was having his sheep sheared at Baal Hazor, near the town of Ephraim, and he invited all the king's sons to be there.
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He went to King David and said, "Your Majesty, I am having my sheep sheared. Will you and your officials come and take part in the festivities?"
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"No, my son," the king answered. "It would be too much trouble for you if we all went." Absalom insisted, but the king would not give in, and he asked Absalom to leave.
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But Absalom said, "Well, then, will you at least let my brother Amnon come?" "Why should he?" the king asked.
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But Absalom kept on insisting until David finally let Amnon and all his other sons go with Absalom. Absalom prepared a banquet fit for a king
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and instructed his servants: "Notice when Amnon has had too much to drink, and then when I give the order, kill him. Don't be afraid. I will take the responsibility myself. Be brave and don't hesitate!"
29
So the servants followed Absalom's instructions and killed Amnon. All the rest of David's sons mounted their mules and fled.
Esther 3:7
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes' rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan, Haman ordered the lots to be cast ("purim," they were called) to find out the right day and month to carry out his plot. The thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, was decided on.
Psalm 37:12
The wicked plot against good people and glare at them with hate.
Psalm 37:13
But the Lord laughs at wicked people, because he knows they will soon be destroyed.
Acts 12:2-4
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He had James, the brother of John, put to death by the sword.
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When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he went ahead and had Peter arrested. (This happened during the time of the Festival of Unleavened Bread.)
4
After his arrest Peter was put in jail, where he was handed over to be guarded by four groups of four soldiers each. Herod planned to put him on trial in public after Passover.
his birthday
Genesis 40:20
On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials.
Esther 1:3-7
3
In the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his officials and administrators. The armies of Persia and Media were present, as well as the governors and noblemen of the provinces.
4
For six whole months he made a show of the riches of the imperial court with all its splendor and majesty.
5
After that, the king gave a banquet for all the people in the capital city of Susa, rich and poor alike. It lasted a whole week and was held in the gardens of the royal palace.
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The courtyard there was decorated with blue and white cotton curtains, tied by cords of fine purple linen to silver rings on marble columns. Couches made of gold and silver had been placed in the courtyard, which was paved with white marble, red feldspar, shining mother-of-pearl, and blue turquoise.
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Drinks were served in gold cups, no two of them alike, and the king was generous with the royal wine.
Esther 2:18
Then the king gave a great banquet in Esther's honor and invited all his officials and administrators. He proclaimed a holiday for the whole empire and distributed gifts worthy of a king.
Proverbs 31:4
Listen, Lemuel. Kings should not drink wine or have a craving for alcohol.
Proverbs 31:5
When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
Daniel 5:1-4
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One night King Belshazzar invited a thousand noblemen to a great banquet, and they drank wine together.
2
While they were drinking, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups and bowls which his father Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from the Temple in Jerusalem. The king sent for them so that he, his noblemen, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.
3
At once the gold cups and bowls were brought in, and they all drank wine out of them
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and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
Hosea 7:5
On the day of the king's celebration they made the king and his officials drunk and foolish with wine.
1 Peter 4:3
You have spent enough time in the past doing what the heathen like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lust, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols.
Revelation 11:10
The people of the earth will be happy because of the death of these two. They will celebrate and send presents to each other, because those two prophets brought much suffering upon the whole human race.