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1 Samuel 25:19

Nabal
Wisdom

17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
KJV
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
WEB
She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
ASV
And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
DARBY
And she said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
BLB
And she said to her servants, “Go on before me. Behold, after you⁺ I am coming.” And her husband Nabal she did not tell.
ÅB
Og hun sa til sine folk: Dra i forveien for meg! Jeg kommer snart etter. Men til sin mann Nabal sa hun ikke noe om dette.
OTB
Hun sa til sine unge menn, "Gå foran meg; se, jeg kommer etter dere." Men hun fortalte ikke sin mann Nabal.
B1930
Og hun sa til sine folk: Dra i forveien for mig! Jeg kommer snart efter. Men til sin mann Nabal sa hun ikke noget om dette.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 32:20

    And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

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  • Genesis 32:16

    And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

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  • Proverbs 31:11–12

    The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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  • Proverbs 31:27

    She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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