Bible Cross References
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Genesis 29:22
So Laban gave a wedding feast and invited everyone.
Esther 1:7-22
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Drinks were served in gold cups, no two of them alike, and the king was generous with the royal wine.
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There were no limits on the drinks; the king had given orders to the palace servants that everyone could have as much as they wanted.
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Meanwhile, inside the royal palace Queen Vashti was giving a banquet for the women.
10
On the seventh day of his banquet the king was drinking and feeling happy, so he called in the seven eunuchs who were his personal servants, Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas.
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He ordered them to bring in Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown. The queen was a beautiful woman, and the king wanted to show off her beauty to the officials and all his guests.
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But when the servants told Queen Vashti of the king's command, she refused to come. This made the king furious.
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Now it was the king's custom to ask for expert opinion on questions of law and order, so he called for his advisers, who would know what should be done.
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Those he most often turned to for advice were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan---seven officials of Persia and Media who held the highest offices in the kingdom.
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He said to these men, "I, King Xerxes, sent my servants to Queen Vashti with a command, and she refused to obey it! What does the law say that we should do with her?"
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Then Memucan declared to the king and his officials: "Queen Vashti has insulted not only the king but also his officials---in fact, every man in the empire!
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Every woman in the empire will start looking down on her husband as soon as she hears what the queen has done. They'll say, 'King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to come to him, and she refused.'
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When the wives of the royal officials of Persia and Media hear about the queen's behavior, they will be telling their husbands about it before the day is out. Wives everywhere will have no respect for their husbands, and husbands will be angry with their wives.
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If it please Your Majesty, issue a royal proclamation that Vashti may never again appear before the king. Have it written into the laws of Persia and Media, so that it can never be changed. Then give her place as queen to some better woman.
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When your proclamation is made known all over this huge empire, every woman will treat her husband with proper respect, whether he's rich or poor."
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The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did what Memucan suggested.
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To each of the royal provinces he sent a message in the language and the system of writing of that province, saying that every husband should be the master of his home and speak with final authority.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
Feasting makes you happy and wine cheers you up, but you can't have either without money.
Matthew 22:2-4
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"The Kingdom of heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.
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He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to the feast, but they did not want to come.
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So he sent other servants with this message for the guests: 'My feast is ready now; my steers and prize calves have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!'
John 2:9
which now had turned into wine, and he tasted it. He did not know where this wine had come from (but, of course, the servants who had drawn out the water knew); so he called the bridegroom
Revelation 19:9
Then the angel said to me, "Write this: Happy are those who have been invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb." And the angel added, "These are the true words of God."