Job 1:13

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

Cross-reference

Job 1:4 Historical context

Job 1:4 establishes the regular feasting pattern; here is the specific day when disaster strikes that same activity.

Job 1:18 Parallel

Job 1:18 repeats the same scene from another messenger, confirming the disaster that struck while they were feasting.

Job 9:23 Parallel

Job 9:23 speaks of sudden scourge slaying the innocent; Job's children's sudden death is an instance of this.

Job 15:21 Parallel

Job 15:21 describes the wicked hearing dreadful sounds — parallels the sudden calamity that shattered Job's feast.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 describes sudden calamity snaring men unaware, exactly as Job's children were feasting when disaster struck.

Luke 12:20 Parallel

Luke 12:20 records sudden death after feasting, mirroring the destruction of Job's children while they ate and drank.

Luke 17:27-29 describes people eating and drinking before sudden destruction (Noah's flood, Sodom), just as Job's children feasted before disaster.

Proverbs 27:1 warns against boasting about tomorrow; Job's children feast unaware of the sudden calamity.

Luke 12:19 Parallel

Luke 12:19 shows the rich fool planning to feast; Job's children were similarly feasting before their sudden end.

Luke 21:34 Parallel

Luke 21:34 warns against being weighed down with feasting so that sudden judgment catches you unaware; Job's children exemplify this.