1 Samuel 25:38

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About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

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  • 1 Sam 26:10 : 10 David also said, "As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.
  • 2 Sam 6:7 : 7 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there beside the ark of God.
  • 2 Kgs 15:5 : 5 The LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. Meanwhile, Jotham, the king's son, was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
  • 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 That night, the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere.
  • 2 Chr 10:15 : 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
  • Exod 12:29 : 29 At midnight, the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.
  • 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 Watch to see: if it goes up along the road to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then it is the LORD who has brought this great disaster upon us. But if it does not, then we will know it was not his hand that struck us; it happened by chance.
  • 1 Sam 25:33 : 33 Blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

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  • 1 Sam 25:31-37
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    86%

    31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord has brought my lord success, remember your servant.

    32 David said to Abigail, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.

    33 Blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

    34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried to come to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning.

    35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought to him and said, 'Go home in peace. See, I have listened to your words and granted your request.'

    36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk, so she told him nothing at all until daybreak.

    37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him, and he became like a stone.

  • 1 Sam 25:39-40
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    84%

    39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, 'Blessed be the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for insulting me, and has kept me, his servant, from wrongdoing. The Lord has brought Nabal’s wickedness upon his own head.' Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

    40 David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, 'David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.'

  • 1 Sam 25:23-27
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    75%

    23 When Abigail saw David, she hurriedly dismounted from her donkey, fell facedown at David’s feet, and bowed to the ground with deep respect.

    24 She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, let the blame be on me alone. Please let your servant speak to you, and hear the words of your servant.

    25 Please, my lord, pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal. He is exactly what his name suggests—his name means ‘fool,’ and folly goes with him. But I, your servant, did not see the men my lord sent.

    26 Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those intent on harming my lord be as foolish as Nabal.

    27 Now let this gift that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

  • 1 Sam 25:2-6
    5 verses
    75%

    2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was very wealthy and owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

    3 The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

    4 While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

    5 David sent ten young men and instructed them, "Go to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him on my behalf.

    6 Say this to him: ‘Peace to you! Peace to your household, and peace to all that you have!’

  • 1 Sam 25:14
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    14 One of Nabal’s young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, "David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master, but he screamed insults at them.

  • 1 Sam 25:8-11
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    8 Ask your servants, and they will confirm this. Therefore, may my men find favor in your eyes, because we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son, David.’"

    9 When David’s young men arrived, they delivered this message to Nabal in David’s name and waited.

    10 But Nabal answered David’s servants, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Nowadays many servants are breaking away from their masters.

    11 Should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men from who knows where?"

  • 2 Sam 12:14-15
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    14 However, because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will surely die.'

    15 After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became ill.

  • 1 Sam 25:19-21
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    71%

    19 She said to her servants, "Go ahead of me; I will follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

    20 As she was riding her donkey down into a ravine, David and his men were descending toward her, and she met them.

    21 David had just been saying, "It’s been for nothing that I guarded everything belonging to this man in the wilderness. Nothing was missing, yet he has repaid me evil for good.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
    71%

    15 Then David called one of his young men and said, 'Come here and strike him down.' So he struck him, and he died.

  • 1 Sam 26:10
    70%

    10 David also said, "As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

  • 2 Chr 13:20
    70%

    20 Jeroboam did not regain his power during the days of Abijah. The LORD struck him down, and he died.

  • 2 Sam 12:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 On the seventh day, the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, 'While the child was still alive, we spoke to him but he would not listen to us. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.'

    19 David noticed that his attendants were whispering among themselves, and he realized that the child was dead. 'Is the child dead?' he asked. 'Yes,' they replied, 'he is dead.'

  • 2 Sam 12:5
    69%

    5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

  • 1 Kgs 2:25
    69%

    25 Then King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

  • 2 Kgs 7:20
    67%

    20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

  • 1 Chr 13:10
    67%

    10 The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he had reached out to the ark. Uzza died there in the presence of God.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
    67%

    42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey, accompanied by five of her young women as attendants. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

  • 1 Sam 30:5
    67%

    5 Both of David’s wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

  • 1 Kgs 21:14-15
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    67%

    14 Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, 'Naboth has been stoned and is dead.'

    15 As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, 'Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to sell to you for silver. Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.'

  • 2 Sam 24:15
    67%

    15 So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beersheba.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1 After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

  • Acts 12:23
    66%

    23 Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God. He was eaten by worms and died.

  • Num 25:9
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    9 But those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16 The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

  • 2 Sam 11:26
    66%

    26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

  • 1 Sam 24:18
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    18 He said to David, 'You are more righteous than I, for you have treated me well, but I have treated you badly.'

  • 1 Kgs 11:15
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    15 When David was in Edom and Joab, the commander of the army, went up to bury the dead, they killed every male in Edom.

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