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

General references

Bible References

A feast

Luke 14:12
Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.

Merry

Luke 21:34
"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches you suddenly like a trap.
Romans 13:13
Let us live honestly, as in the day, Not in reveling and drunkenness, Not in lust and licentiousness, Not is strife and jealousy;
Ephesians 5:18
Do not be drunk with wine, in which is riotous living, but drink deep in the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who are sleeping, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken, are drunken in the night.

She told him

Matthew 10:16
"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason it is said, "Awake, thou sleeper! Arise from the dead; And Christ shall shine upon thee!"

General references

Luke 17:27
"Men were eating and drinking; they were marrying and being married, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.