Cup

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningGenesis 40:112 Samuel 12:31 Kings 7:26Matthew 23:25
• Made of silverGenesis 44:2
• Made of gold1 Chronicles 28:17Jeremiah 52:19
• Used in the institution of the Lord's SupperMatthew 26:27Mark 14:23Luke 22:201 Corinthians 10:21
• Of the table of demons1 Corinthians 10:21
• FIGURATIVE
• Of sorrowPsalms 11:6Psalms 73:10Psalms 75:8Isaiah 51:17Isaiah 51:22Jeremiah 25:15–28Ezekiel 23:31–34Matthew 20:22Matthew 20:23Matthew 26:39Mark 14:36Luke 22:42John 18:11Revelation 14:10
• Of consolationJeremiah 16:7
• Of joyPsalms 23:5
• Of salvationPsalms 116:13

The passages, in Bible order (28)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 40:11

   Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 40:112 voices

   “Everything was done in the king's presence--the cup was washed, the juice of the grapes pressed into it; and it was then handed to him--not grasped; but lightly resting on the tips of the fingers.

   “And I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup - From this we find that wine anciently was the mere expressed juice of the grape, without fermentation. The saky, or cup-bearer, took the bunch, pressed the juice into the cup, and instantly delivered it into the hands of his master. This was anciently the יין yain of the Hebrews, the οινος of the Greeks, and the mustum of the ancient Latins.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 40:11→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. Genesis 44:2

   Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 44:22 voices

   “(Chapter XLIV - Verse 2) And put the silver of each one in the mouth of the bag, and put my silver cup in the mouth of the youngest one's bag. For bag, it has a peronem or follem in Hebrew. For cup, which we also read in Isaiah (LI, 17), Aquila translated as scyphum, Symmachus as phialam.

   “Put my cup in the sack’s mouth of the youngest - The stratagem of the cup seems to have been designed to bring Joseph’s brethren into the highest state of perplexity and distress, that their deliverance by the discovery that Joseph was their brother might have its highest effect.

   Everything gathered on Genesis 44:2→

   Verse page →Original language →

3. 2 Samuel 12:3

   but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:32 voices

   “But sometimes, when the powerful of this world are taken to task, they are first to be searched by certain similitudes, as on a matter not concerning them; and, when they have pronounced a right sentence as against another man, then in fitting ways they are to be smitten with regard to their own guilt; so that the mind puffed up with temporal power may in no wise lift itself up against the reprover, having by its own judgment trodden on the neck of pride, and may not try to defend itself, being bound by the sentence of its own mouth.

   “But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb,.... Uriah had but one wife, who was much younger than he, called a lamb, an ewe lamb, a little one.

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 12:3→

   Verse page →Original language →

4. 1 Kings 7:26

   It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 7:262 voices

   “For by the brim of a cup is expressed the taste of the Lord's passion, and by the leaf of a crisped lily the glory of his resurrection is openly revealed. For that the chalice of his passion is indicated in the cup is attested …

   “The palm or hand-breadth seems to have a little exceeded three inches. With flowers of lilies - Rather, “in the shape of a lily flower.” The rim was slightly curved outward, like the rim of an ordinary drinking-cup, or the edge of a lily blossom. See 2Ch 4:5 margin.

   Everything gathered on 1 Kings 7:26→

   Verse page →Original language →

5. 1 Chronicles 28:17

   the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 28:171 voice

   “Also pure gold for the flesh hooks,.... To take the pieces of flesh out of the pots, in which they were boiled: and the bowls and the cups; and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; which were vessels made use of for the receiving and sprinkling the blood of the sacrifices: likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver; for it seems some of them were of silver, as others were of gold.

   Everything gathered on 1 Chronicles 28:17→

   Verse page →Original language →

6. Psalms 11:6

   On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 11:62 voices

   "But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth:"why, then, shall I flee from these wicked men? If God hateth them, I will not fear them. Haman was very great in the palace until he lost favour, but when the king abhorred him, how bold were the meanest attendants to suggest the gallows for the man at whom they had often trembled! Look at the black mark upon the faces of our persecutors, and we shall not run away from them.

   He shall rain snares upon sinners. There is no doubt but that the Lord does this even for the sake of the sinners themselves, so that those who were badly abusing their liberty, being ensnared in the Lord's snares, may walk in the right path as if under his bridle, and may be able to advance through him who says, "I am the way."

   Everything gathered on Psalms 11:6→

   Verse page →Original language →

7. Psalms 23:5

   You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 23:52 voices

   THE Psalm culminates in this expression. The poet can mount no higher. He has endeavored to express the blessedness of his condition, in having the Lord for his Shepherd, but after all his efforts, he is conscious of failure. His sonnet has not reached the height of the great argument, nor has his soul, though enlarged with gratitude, been able to compass the immeasurable gifts of Grace. And therefore, in holy wonder at the lavish superfluities of mercy, he cries, "My cup runs over."

   "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies." The good man has his enemies. He would not be like his Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for the friendship of the world is enmity to God. Yet see the quietude of the godly man in spite of, and in the sight of, his enemies. How refreshing is his calm bravery! "Thou preparest a table before me."

   Everything gathered on Psalms 23:5→

   Verse page →Original language →

8. Psalms 73:10

   So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 73:101 voice

   “Therefore his people return hither. God's people are driven to fly to his throne for shelter; the doggish tongues fetch home the sheep to the Shepherd. The saints come again, and again, to their Lord, laden with complaints on account of the persecutions which they endure from these proud and graceless men. And waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. Though beloved of God, they have to drain the bitter cup; their sorrows are as full as the wicked man's prosperity.

   Everything gathered on Psalms 73:10→

   Verse page →Original language →

9. Psalms 75:8

   For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 75:81 voice

   “For - God is here compared to the master of a feast, who then used to distribute portions of meat and drink to the several guests. Red - Such as the best wine of Judea was. Mixture - The wine is mingled not with water, but with strengthening and intoxicating ingredients.

   Everything gathered on Psalms 75:8→

   Verse page →Original language →

10. Psalms 116:13

    I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 116:131 voice

    I will take the cup of salvation, and I will call upon the name of the Lord. In the Hebrew it stands thus: "I will take the cup of Jesus." This very thing the angel also interprets: "And you shall call his name Jesus, for he himself will save his people." I will take, then, the cup of Jesus. What is this cup of Jesus? "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me," and "Are you able," he says, "to drink my cup?" And immediately there follows: "My cup indeed you shall drink."

    Everything gathered on Psalms 116:13→

    Verse page →Original language →

11. Isaiah 51:17

    Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 51:172 voices

    “Anger, which is called "the cup in the hand of the Lord" and "the cup of falling that is drained," is in proportion to transgressions, even though he abates to all some of what is their due and dilutes with compassion the unmixed draught of his wrath. For he inclines from severity to indulgence toward those who accept chastisement with fear, and who after a slight affliction conceive and are in pain with conversion and bring forth the perfect spirit of salvation.

    “Awake, awake - (See the notes at Isa 51:9). This verse commences an address to Jerusalem under a new figure or image. The figure employed is that of a man who has been overcome by the cup of the wrath of Yahweh, that had produced the same effect as inebriation. Jerusalem had reeled and fallen prostrate. There had been none to sustain her, and she had sunk to the dust. Calamities of the most appalling kind had come upon her, and she is now called on to arouse from this condition, and to recover her former splendor and power.

    Everything gathered on Isaiah 51:17→

    Verse page →Original language →

12. Isaiah 51:22

    Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God, who defends His people: “See, I have removed from your hand the cup of staggering. From that goblet, the cup of My fury, you will never drink again.

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 51:221 voice

    “I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling - (See the notes at Isa 51:17). This verse contains a promise that they would be delivered from the effect of the wrath of God, under which they had been suffering so long. Thou shalt no more drink it again - Thou shalt no more be subject to similar trials and calamities (see Isa 54:7-9).

    Everything gathered on Isaiah 51:22→

    Verse page →Original language →

13. Jeremiah 16:7

    No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 16:72 voices

    “Neither shall men tear themselves,.... Either their flesh, or their clothes: or, "stretch out" (y); that is, their hands, and clap them together, and wring them, as persons in great distress do: or "divide", or "break", or "deal unto them" (z); that is, bread, as at their funeral feasts.

    “Tear themselves - Better as in the margin; “break broad for them.” It was customary upon the death of a relative to fast, and for the friends and neighbors after a decent delay to come and comfort the mourner, and urge food upon him 2Sa 12:17; food was also distributed at funerals to the mourners, and to the poor. Cup of consolation - Marginal reference note.

    Everything gathered on Jeremiah 16:7→

    Verse page →Original language →

14. Jeremiah 25:15–28

    This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.

    ›Commentary on Jeremiah 25:15–282 voices

    “The pouring out of the cup—and that a cup of pure or unmixed wine (which is called akratos in Greek)—is a sign of the Lord's wrath so that all the nations who have waged war against the people of God will drink from the cup of the wrath of the Lord. Also, Isaiah writes concerning this cup against Jerusalem, "You have drunk and emptied the drinking cup of wrath, the cup of destruction; therefore, arise!" But that cup is being drunk by all nations so that they can vomit and be maddened.

    “Saith - Or, hath said. This prophecy - placed by the Septuagint after those against the nations - forms an impressive statement of the manner in which the new kingdom of Babylon was to execute Yahweh’s wrath upon the nations far and near.

    Everything gathered on Jeremiah 25:15–28→

    Verse page →Original language →

15. Jeremiah 52:19

    The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

    Verse page →Original language →

16. Ezekiel 23:31–34

    Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’

    ›Commentary on Ezekiel 23:31–341 voice

    “Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister,.... Samaria, or the ten tribes of Israel; followed them in their idolatrous practices, were guilty of the same: therefore will I give her cup into thine hand; the cup of her vengeance, as the Targum; inflict the same punishment on the two tribes as on the ten, and suffer them to be carried captive as they had been.

    Everything gathered on Ezekiel 23:31–34→

    Verse page →Original language →