Jeremiah 16:8
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And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink:

Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Psalm 26:4 I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come. . . .

Isaiah 22:12-14 And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: . . .

Amos 6:4-6 You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd; . . .

Matthew 24:38 For, as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark:

Luke 17:27-29 They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. . . .

1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written to you, not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator or covetous or a server of idols or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner: with such a one, not so much as to eat.

Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.

Context
Disaster Predicted
7And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them for their father and mother. 8And do not thou go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, and to eat and drink:9For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold I will take away out of this place in your sight, and in your days the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come.

Isaiah 22:12
And the Lord, the God of hosts, in that day shall call to weeping, and to mourning, to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Amos 6:4
You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd;

Lexicon
You must not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

enter
תָב֖וֹא (ṯā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

a house
וּבֵית־ (ū·ḇêṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

where there is feasting
מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה (miš·teh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast

and sit down
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with them
אוֹתָ֑ם (’ō·w·ṯām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

to eat
לֶאֱכֹ֖ל (le·’ĕ·ḵōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

and drink.
וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ (wə·liš·tō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe


Additional Translations
You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

Thou shalt not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

Also thou shalt not go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

A house of banqueting thou dost not enter, To sit with them, to eat and to drink,
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