1 Samuel 25:11
And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?
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Deuteronomy 8:17Lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, My strength, and the power of my hand have wrought for me this great wealth.
Judges 8:8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
1 Samuel 25:3And the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail: and his wife was of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man was harsh and evil in his doings, and the man was churlish.
Job 31:17And if too I ate my morsel alone, 1 And did not impart of it to the orphan 1
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: 1 For thou shalt find it after many days. 1
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 →