Topic
Manners
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 18:2Nave Obeisance to strangers
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 18:8Nave Standing while guests eat
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 19:1Nave Obeisance to strangers
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 31:35Nave In presence of — Superiors
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.
- Leviticus 19:32Nave In presence of — The aged
¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
- Job 29:8Nave In presence of — Superiors
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
- Proverbs 23:1Nave Rules for guests
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
- Proverbs 23:2Nave Rules for guests
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- 1 Corinthians 10:27Nave Rules for guests
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 Peter 3:8Nave Courteousness enjoined
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 10 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.