1 Samuel 25:11
And shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] to men whom I know not whence they are?
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Deuteronomy 8:17and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.
Judges 8:8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them in like manner. And the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
1 Samuel 25:3And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was a Calebite.
Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, and well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as disciplined, and not put to death;
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:3-12
The Death of Samuel. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. We have here a short account of Samuel's death and burial. 1. Though he was a great man, and one that was admirably well qualified for public service, yet he spent the latter end of his days in retirement and obscurity, not because he was superannuated (for he knew how to preside in a college of the… Read the whole commentary →