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 full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

Then said he also to him that invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors; lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

Merry

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have I not commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under feet.

And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the king, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

For while they are folded together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Woe to him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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

She told him

And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.

General references

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.

They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and the flood came, and destroyed them all.