Bible Verses About Hospitality: General references

And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.

But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, and loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.

Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tythes of thine increase, the thirde yeere, which is the yeere of tithing, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the stranger, to the fatherlesse, and to the widowe, that they may eate within thy gates, and be satisfied,

Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I haue brought the halowed thing out of mine house, and also haue giuen it vnto the Leuites and to the strangers, to the fatherlesse, and to the widow, according to all thy comandements which thou hast commanded me: I haue transgressed none of thy comandements, nor forgotten them.

Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.

She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.

She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,

Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,

Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.

Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.

Is not this the fasting, that I haue chosen, to loose the bandes of wickednes, to take off the heauie burdens, and to let the oppressed goe free, and that ye breake euery yoke?

Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh?

The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a certaine King which maried his sonne,

And sent foorth his seruants, to call them that were bidde to the wedding, but they woulde not come.

Againe hee sent foorth other seruants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Beholde, I haue prepared my dinner: mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all thinges are readie: come vnto the mariage.

But they made light of it, and went their wayes, one to his farme, and another about his marchandise.

And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.

But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.

Then saide hee to his seruants, Truely the wedding is prepared: but they which were bidden, were not worthy.

Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.

So those seruantes went out into the hie wayes, and gathered together all that euer they found, both good and bad: so the wedding was furnished with ghestes.