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Passages on this topic · 19

• Genesis 18:2

  He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

• Proverbs 23:1

  When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

• Proverbs 23:2

  put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

• Proverbs 23:3

  Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

• Proverbs 23:6

  Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

• Proverbs 23:7

  for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

• Proverbs 23:8

  The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.

• Proverbs 25:6

  Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

• Proverbs 25:7

  for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

• Proverbs 25:17

  Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

• Luke 10:5

  Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

• Luke 10:6

  If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

• Luke 10:7

  Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

• Luke 14:7

  He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

• Luke 14:8

  “When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

• Luke 14:9

  and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

• Luke 14:10

  But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

• Luke 14:11

  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

• 1 Corinthians 10:27

  But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.