1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I do not know where they come from?"
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Deuteronomy 8:17and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."
Judges 8:8He went up there 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 25:3Now 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 face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Job 31:17or have eaten my morsel alone,and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread on the waters;for you shall find it after many days.
2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;
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 →