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1 Samuel 25:27 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. "
1 Samuel 25:27
Verse in Context
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25 Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the LORD’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
29 Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.
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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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