1 Samuel 25:36 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and lo, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And 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, “Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be 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

And they went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings who helped him.

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his 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

Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.

Isaiah 28:3

The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden under foot;

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening till wine inflames them!

Jeremiah 51:57

I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors, her commanders, and her warriors; they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

Hosea 4:11

Wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Nahum 1:10

Like entangled thorns they are consumed, like dry stubble.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Luke 14:12

He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

Luke 21:34

“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;

Romans 13:13

let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

1 Samuel 25:19

And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:37

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