1 Samuel 25:21

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

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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

20Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

22May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

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Cross References

Genesis 44:4And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

Job 30:8They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

Psalms 37:8Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

Psalms 109:3Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause.

Jeremiah 18:20Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

Ephesians 4:26Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on 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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