1 Samuel 25:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

David had just been saying, “I wasted my time guarding Nabal's things in the desert and keeping them from being stolen! I was good to him, and now he pays me back with insults.

Cross References

Genesis 44:4

But they had not gone far from the city when Joseph told the servant, “Go after those men! When you catch them, say, ‘My master has been good to you. So why have you stolen his silver cup?

Job 30:8

And like senseless donkeys they are chased away.

Psalm 35:12

They repay evil for good, and I feel all alone.

Psalm 37:8

Don't be angry or furious. Anger can lead to sin.

Psalm 38:20

and they repay evil for good because I try to do right.

Proverbs 17:13

You will always have trouble if you are mean to those who are good to you.

Jeremiah 18:20

I tried to help them, but they are paying me back by digging a pit to trap me. I even begged you not to punish them.

Romans 12:21

Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.

Ephesians 4:26

Don't get so angry that you sin. Don't go to bed angry

Ephesians 4:31

Stop being bitter and angry with others. Don't yell at one another or curse each other or ever be rude.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Don't be hateful to people, just because they are hateful to you. Rather, be good to each other and to everyone else.

1 Peter 3:17

You are better off to obey God and suffer for doing right than to suffer for doing wrong.

1 Peter 3:9

Don't be hateful and insult people just because they are hateful and insult you. Instead, treat everyone with kindness. You are God's chosen ones, and he will bless you. The Scriptures say,

1 Samuel 25:13

“Everybody get your swords!” David ordered. They all strapped on their swords. Two hundred men stayed behind to guard the camp, but the other four hundred followed David.

1 Samuel 25:20

Abigail was riding her donkey on the path that led around the hillside, when suddenly she met David and his men heading straight at her.

1 Samuel 25:7

I've heard that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. When your shepherds were with us in Carmel, we didn't harm them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.