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1 Samuel 25:11

New English Translation

Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”

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If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans –

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.

Be careful not to say, “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

He approached the men of Succoth and said, “Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, ‘You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?’”

The officials of Succoth said, “You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?”

He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had.

It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.




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