1 Samuel 25:36

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

A feast

2 Samuel 13:23

Esther 1:3

Luke 14:12

Merry

She told him

General references

Proverbs 20:1

Luke 17:27

Bible References

A feast

Now after two full years, Absalom had men cutting the wool of his sheep in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim: and he sent for all the king's sons to come to his feast.

In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

Merry

Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.

And in the middle of the day they went out. But Ben-hadad was drinking in the tents with the thirty-two kings who were helping him.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

Of laughing I said, It is foolish; and of joy--What use is it?

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, drinking wine before the thousand.

For though they are like twisted thorns, and are overcome as with drink, they will come to destruction like stems of grass fully dry.

A curse on him who gives his neighbour the wine of his wrath, making him overcome with strong drink from the cup of his passion, so that you may be a witness of their shame!

But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:

With right behaviour as in the day; not in pleasure-making and drinking, not in bad company and unclean behaviour, not in fighting and envy.

And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

She told him

And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

General references

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.