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1 Samuel 25:21 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good. "

1 Samuel 25:21

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19 She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.

20 As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.

22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.

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1 Samuel 25:1

"Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran."

1 Samuel 25:2

"There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel."

1 Samuel 25:3

"Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb."

1 Samuel 25:4

"David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep."

1 Samuel 25:5

"David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name."

1 Samuel 25:6

"Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!"

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