1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

In Context

20And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

22God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertains to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:4[And] when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men, and when thou overtake them, say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

Job 30:8[They are] sons of fools, yea, sons of base men. They were scourged out of the land.

Psalms 37:8Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Fret not thyself, [it tends] only to evil-doing.

Psalms 109:3They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:19-32

Abigail Meets David. ( b. c. 1057.) 18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down… Read the whole commentary →

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