1 Samuel 25:36

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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

And it came to pass, after two years of days, that Absolom had, sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephron, - and Absolom invited all the king's sons.

in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet unto all his rulers, and his servants, - the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the rulers being before him;

Moreover he went on to say, unto him also who had invited him, - Whensoever thou mayest be making a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, or thy brothers, or thy kinsfolk, or rich neighbours, - lest once, they also, invite thee in return, and it become a recompense unto thee.

Merry

Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying - Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you - Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear, - have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

And they went forth at noon. Now, Ben-hadad, was drinking himself drunk, in the pavilions, he and the thirty-two kings helping him.

Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes?

Of laughter, I said, Madness! and, of mirth, What can it do?

Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life, - but, money, answereth all things.

With the feet shall be trodden down, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,

Then will I make drunk - Her princes and her wise men, Her governors, and her deputies and her heroes, And they shall sleep an age-abiding sleep, and not wake, - Declareth the King, Yahweh of hosts, is his name.

Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles, - and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine.

Though they were like thorns intertwined, and as drunkards drenched with their drink, yet have they been devoured, like stubble fully dry.

Alas! for him who causeth his neighbour to drink, from the goblet of thy fury, and also, making him drunk, - to the end thou mayest gloat over their parts of shame.

But be taking heed unto yourselves, lest once your hearts be made heavy - with debauch and drunkenness and anxieties about livelihood, and that day come upon you suddenly,

As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy; -

And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; -

For, they that sleep, by night, do sleep, and, they that drink, by night, do drink: -

She told him

And she said to her young men - Pass on before me, behold me coming after you; but, to her husband, Nabal, told she nothing.

Well for a man showing favour and lending! He shall sustain his affairs with justice.

Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves.

Wherefore it saith - Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

General references

Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.

They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, - until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.