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1 Samuel 25:11 · KJV

“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}? {flesh: Heb. slaughter}”

— 1 Samuel 25:11

Verse 10

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who {is} David? and who {is} the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

Verse 12

So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

1 Samuel 25 — Context

9

And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. {ceased: Heb. rested}

10

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who {is} David? and who {is} the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

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}? {flesh: Heb. slaughter}

12

So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

13

And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.

Cross References

Judges 8:6

And the princes of Succoth said, {Are} the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?

Galatians 6:10

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all {men}, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

Psalms 73:7-8

Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. {have...: Heb. pass the thoughts of the heart}

1 Samuel 25:3

Now the name of the man {was} Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and {she was} a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man {was} churlish and evil in his doings; and he {was} of the house of Caleb.

2 Corinthians 6:9

As unknown, and {yet} well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

1 Samuel 24:13

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

1 Peter 4:9

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

John 9:29-30

We know that God spake unto Moses: {as for} this {fellow}, we know not from whence he is.

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