1 Samuel 25:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Must I take my bread, my wine, my meat that I have slaughtered for my own shearers, and give them to men who come from who knows where?”

Cross References

Job 31:17

While I ate my portion alone, with no share in it for the fatherless,

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unrecognized and yet acknowledged; as dying and behold we live; as chastised and yet not put to death;

Galatians 6:10

So then, while we have the opportunity, let us do good to all, but especially to those who belong to the family of the faith. Final Appeal.

Deuteronomy 8:17

Otherwise, you might say in your heart, “It is my own power and the strength of my own hand that has got me this wealth.”

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable to one another without complaining.

Judges 8:15

So he went to the princes of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom you taunted me, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give food to your weary men?’”

Judges 8:6

But the princes of Succoth replied, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give food to your army?”

Judges 8:8

He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request of them, but the people of Penuel answered him as had the people of Succoth.

1 Samuel 24:13

May the Lord judge between me and you. May the Lord exact justice from you in my case. I shall not lay a hand on you.

1 Samuel 25:12

So David’s young men retraced their steps and on their return reported to him all that had been said.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal and his wife was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and attractive, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and bad-mannered.

1 Samuel 25:7

I have just heard that shearers are with you. Now, when your shepherds were with us, we did them no injury, neither did they miss anything while they were in Carmel.