1 Samuel 25:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.”
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“When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal <FI>is<Fi> glad within him, and he <FI>is<Fi> drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 25:36 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 25:19and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- 2 Samuel 3:20When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
- 2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- 1 Kings 20:16They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
- Esther 1:3In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
- Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
- Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
- Proverbs 23:34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
- Ecclesiastes 2:2I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
- Ecclesiastes 10:19A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 28:3The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.
- Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
- Jeremiah 51:57I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
- Daniel 5:1Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
- Habakkuk 2:15Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Luke 14:12Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Romans 13:13Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
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