I Samuel 25:11
The Scripture
(11) Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Samuel died and all Israel mourned him, and afterward the wealthy but churlish Nabal insulted David's request for provisions, provoking David to march against him in anger. Nabal's wise wife Abigail intervened with gifts and humble words to avert bloodshed, and after Nabal died of a stroke ten days later, David took her as his wife.
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I Samuel 25:3I Samuel 24:13Deuteronomy 8:17Judges 8:6Job 31:17Psalms 73:7Psalms 73:8I Peter 4:9Ecclesiastes 11:1Ecclesiastes 11:2Galatians 6:10I Samuel 25:14
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