1 Samuel 25:21

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

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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

20As she rode on her donkey and came down by the cover of the mountain, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

22May God do so to me, David, and more also, if by the morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

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Cross References

Genesis 44:4When they were out of the city but were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you returned evil for good?

Job 30:8They were the sons of fools, indeed, sons of nameless people! 1 They were driven out of the land with whips. 1

Psalms 37:8Do not be angry and frustrated. 1 Do not worry. This only makes trouble. 1

Psalms 109:3They surround me and say hateful things, 1 and they attack me without cause. 1

Jeremiah 18:20Will disaster from them really be my reward for being good to them? For they have dug a pit for me. 1 Remember how I stood before you to speak for their welfare, to cause your fury to turn away from them. 1

Ephesians 4:26Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger.

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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