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 happened, two year after, that Absalom had a sheep shearing in Baal Hazor besides the tribe of Ephraim, and bade all the king's sons.

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and servants. And the mighty men of Persia and Media, the captains also, and rulers of his countries, were before him;

Then said he also to him that had desired him to dinner, "When thou makest a dinner, or a supper: call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor yet rich neighbours: lest they bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

Merry

Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

And they went out at noon when Benhadad was a drinking strong drink in the pavilions with the thirty two kings that holp him.

Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise.

Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?

insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"

Meat maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merry; but unto money are all things obedient.

And the proud crown of the drunken Ephraimites shall be trodden under foot.

Yea, sayeth the LORD, I will make their princes, their wise men, their chief rulers and all their worthies, drunken: so that they shall sleep an everlasting sleep and never wake. Thus sayeth the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

King Belshazzar made a great banquet to his thousand lords: with all these thousand he made great cheer,

For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, to get him wrathful displeasure for his drunkenness: that he may see his privities.

Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares.

Let us walk honestly as it were in the daylight: not in eating and drinking: neither in chambering and wantonness: neither in strife and envying:

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,

For they that sleep, sleep in the night: and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

She told him

and said unto her young men, "Go before me, and see I come after you," and told her husband Nabal nothing thereof.

A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion.

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."

General references

Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise.

They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.