1 Samuel 25:36

A Conservative Version

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 drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:1

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Notice ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

2 Samuel 13:23

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

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.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not become intoxicated with wine, during which is debauchery, but be filled in Spirit,

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

Luke 21:34

But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.

Luke 14:12

And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made

Nahum 1:10

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

Hosea 4:11

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Jeremiah 51:57

And I will make drunk her rulers and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men. And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the King, whose name is LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 28:3

The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot.

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

Ecclesiastes 10:19

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes glad the life, and money answers all things.

Psalm 112:5

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,

1 Kings 20:16

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

1 Samuel 25:37

And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

2 Samuel 3:20

So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.