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
Then He proceeded to say to the man who invited Him: "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop the social custom of inviting your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you in return and so you will be repaid.

Merry

Luke 21:34
But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.
Romans 13:13
Let us live becomingly for people who are in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, nor in sexual immorality and licentiousness, nor in quarreling and jealousy.
Ephesians 5:18
Stop getting drunk on wine, for that means profligacy, but ever be filled with the Spirit,
1 Thessalonians 5:7
For those who sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunken at night,

She told him

Matthew 10:16
"Listen! I am sending you out as sheep surrounded by wolves. So you must be sensible like serpents and guileless like doves.
Ephesians 5:14
So it is said: "Wake up, sleeper; get up from the dead, and Christ will make day dawn on you."

General references

Luke 17:27
People continued to eat, drink, marry, and be married, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the Flood came and destroyed them all.