1 Samuel 25:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ 6 Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, who hath withholden thee from coming to blood, and hath saved thy hand to thee: and now let thy enemies be as Nabal, and all they that seek evil to my lord.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has repaid me evil for good.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 returned me evil for good.

Common English Bible

²¹ David had just been saying, “What a waste of time—guarding all this man’s stuff in the wilderness so that nothing of his went missing! He has repaid me evil instead of good!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And David said: "Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.

1 Samuel 25:21 Cross References

Genesis 44:4

The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

Job 30:8

3 They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.

Psalm 35:12

9 Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.

Psalm 37:8

5 Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.

Psalm 38:20

Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living.

Proverbs 17:13

0 He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.

Jeremiah 18:20

And they have built the high places of Baalim, to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to Baalim: which I did not command, nor speak of, neither did it once come into my mind.

Romans 12:21

For Thou shalt not commit adultery: Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness: Thou shalt not covet: and if there be any other commandment, it is comprised in this word, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Ephesians 4:26

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:

Ephesians 4:31

For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

4 He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it.

1 Peter 3:17

Wherein they think it strange, that you run not with them into the same confusion of riotousness, speaking evil of you.

1 Peter 3:9

8 Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,

1 Samuel 25:13

8 Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses:

1 Samuel 25:15

0 And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

1 Samuel 25:20

5 Let not my lord the king, I pray, regard this naughty man Nabal: for according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.

1 Samuel 25:7

2 So the servants of David went back their way, and returning came and told him all the words that he said.