Lexicon :: Strong's H8354 - šāṯâ

They ate and drank with great joy in the LORD’s presence that day.

Then, for a second time, they made David’s son Solomon king; they anointed him[fn] as the LORD’s ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night.[fn] He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the LORD is your strength.”[fn]

The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

The king and Haman came to feast[fn] with Esther the queen.

His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced[fn] me;

my spirit drinks their poison.

God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,

who drinks injustice like water?

Let his own eyes see his demise;

let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!

What man is like Job?

He drinks derision like water.

“Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

Those who sit at the city gate talk about me,

and drunkards make up songs about me.

For there is a cup in the LORD’s hand,

full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it.

All the wicked of the earth will drink,

draining it to the dregs.

He turned their rivers into blood,

and they could not drink from their streams.

He will drink from the brook by the road;

therefore, he will lift up his head.

They eat the bread of wickedness

and drink the wine of violence.

Drink water from your own cistern,

water flowing from your own well.

“Come, eat my bread,

and drink the wine I have mixed.

for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.[fn]

“Eat and drink,” he says to you,

but his heart is not with you.

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand

cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

It is not for kings, Lemuel,

it is not for kings to drink wine

or for rulers to desire beer.

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy[fn][fn] his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.

Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

I have come to my garden ​— ​my sister, my bride.

I gather[fn] my myrrh with my spices.

I eat my honeycomb with my honey.

I drink my wine with my milk.

Eat, friends!

Drink, be intoxicated with caresses![fn]

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,

who are champions at pouring beer,

Prepare a table, and spread out a carpet!

Eat and drink!

Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!

But look: joy and gladness,

butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep and goats,

eating of meat, and drinking of wine —

“Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! ”

They no longer sing and drink wine;

beer is bitter to those who drink it.

It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,

then wakes and is still hungry;

and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,

then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.

So it will be for all the many nations

who go to battle against Mount Zion.

But the royal spokesman replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men who are sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine? ”

“I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands.[fn]

I dried up all the streams of Egypt

with the soles of my feet.”

The ironworker labors over the coals,

shapes the idol with hammers,

and works it with his strong arm.

Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;

he doesn’t drink water and is faint.

Wake yourself, wake yourself up!

Stand up, Jerusalem,

you who have drunk the cup of his fury

from the LORD’s hand;

you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs —

the cup that causes people to stagger.

The LORD has sworn with his right hand

and his strong arm:

I will no longer give your grain

to your enemies for food,

and foreigners will not drink the new wine

for which you have labored.

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says:

“Look! My servants will eat,

but you will be hungry.

Look! My servants will drink,

but you will be thirsty.

Look! My servants will rejoice,

but you will be put to shame.

Now what will you gain

by traveling along the way to Egypt

to drink the water of the Nile?[fn]

What will you gain

by traveling along the way to Assyria

to drink the water of the Euphrates?

“Do not enter the house where feasting is taking place to sit with them to eat and drink.

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?

Didn’t your father eat and drink

and administer justice and righteousness?

Then it went well with him.