Manners
8 lines · 10 passages
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Obeisance to strangers
Gen 18:2; 19:1
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis 18:21 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
Genesis 19:1 -
Standing while guests eat
Gen 18:8
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis 18:8 - In presence of
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Superiors
Gen 31:35; Job 29:8
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
Genesis 31:358 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
Job 29:8 -
The aged
Lev 19:32
32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:32 -
Courteousness enjoined
1 Pet 3:8
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Peter 3:8 -
Rules for guests
Prov 23:1, 2; 1 Cor 10:27
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Proverbs 23:12 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs 23:227 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
1 Corinthians 10:27 - See Salutations
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
