1 Samuel 25:36 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁶ Abigail came to Nabal; he was holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk, so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And [his] heart was merry, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Common English Bible

³⁶ When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was throwing a party fit for a king in his house. Nabal was in a great mood and very drunk, so Abigail didn’t tell him anything until daybreak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal. And, behold, he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was merry: for he was very drunk. And she told him nothing less or more until morning.

1 Samuel 25:36 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:23

After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

2 Samuel 3:20

When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

1 Kings 20:16

They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings allied with him.

Psalm 112:5

It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

Ecclesiastes 10:19

Feasts are made for laughter, wine gladdens life, and money meets every need.

Isaiah 28:3

Trampled under foot will be the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger in the evening to be inflamed by wine,

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make her officials and her sages drunk, also her governors, her deputies, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and never wake, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

Hosea 4:11

prostitution. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Nahum 1:10

Like thorns they are entangled; like drunkards they are drunk; they are consumed like dry straw.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Luke 14:12

He said also to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers and sisters or your relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid.

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

Romans 13:13

let us walk decently as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in illicit sex and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Samuel 25:19

and said to her young men, “Go on ahead of me; I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:37

In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him; he became like a stone.