1 Samuel 25:36 - The Scriptures 1998

³⁶ And Aḇ

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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.

1 Samuel 25:36 Cross References

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Ecclesiastes 10:19

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Isaiah 28:3

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Isaiah 5:11

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Jeremiah 51:57

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Nahum 1:10

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Matthew 10:16

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Luke 14:12

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Luke 21:34

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Romans 13:13

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in wild parties and drunkenness, not in living together and indecencies, not in fighting and envy,

Ephesians 5:14

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Ephesians 5:18

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1 Samuel 25:19

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1 Samuel 25:37

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