1 Samuel 25:18

David And Abigail

¹⁷ Now, be aware of this and consider what you should do. Calamity is being planned against our master and against his entire household. He's such a worthless person that no one can talk to him." ¹⁸ Abigail quickly took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five measures of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys. ¹⁹ She told her young men, "Go ahead of me, I'll be coming right behind you." But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

Loaves of Bread

Abigail

2 Samuel 16:1

Now just as David happened to have passed the summit of the Mount of Olives, suddenly Mephibosheth's servant Ziba met him, accompanied by a couple of saddled donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 pieces of summer fruit, and a skin of wine!

Genesis 32:13-20

Jacob spent the night there. Out of everything that he had brought with him, he chose a gift for his brother Esau

Genesis 43:11-14

"If that's the way it has to be," their father Israel replied, "then do this: take some of the best produce of the land in your containers and take them to the man as a gift some resin ointment, some honey, fragrant resins, myrrh, pistachios, and almonds.

Numbers 16:46-48

But they fell upon their faces. Then Moses told Aaron. "Take the censer, put fire on it from the altar, and burn some incense. Then walk quickly to the congregation and atone for them, because wrath has already come out from the LORD the plague has begun."

1 Samuel 25:34

For as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, the one who restrained me from harming you indeed, had you not quickly come to meet me, by dawn there wouldn't be a single male left to Nabal."

2 Samuel 17:28-29

They brought along bedding, bowls, clay basins, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grains, beans, peas,

1 Chronicles 12:40

Their neighbors came from as far away as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, bringing provisions loaded on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought abundant provisions of meal, fig bars, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, because there was joy in Israel.

Proverbs 6:4-5

Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes.

Proverbs 18:16

A person's gift opens doors for him, bringing him access to important people.

Proverbs 21:14

Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger.

Matthew 5:25

Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are on the way to court, or your opponent may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.