1 Samuel 25:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

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  • 1 Sam 25:7 : 7 I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.
  • 1 Sam 25:21 : 21 Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

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  • 16But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 25:4-9
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    4And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

    5And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;

    6And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

    7I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.

    8If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

    9And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.

  • Gen 26:28-29
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    28And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

    29That you will do us no damage, even as we put no hand on you, and did you nothing but good, and sent you away in peace: and now the blessing of the Lord is on you.

  • 14But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

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    20Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

    21Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

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    21And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

    22Then the bad and good-for-nothing men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will give them nothing of the goods which we have got back, but only to every man his wife and children, so that he may take them and go.

    23Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

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    11Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

    12So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

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    19But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.

    20And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

    21So he took them into his house and gave the asses food; and after washing their feet they took food and drink.

    22While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

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    32And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

    33A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

    34For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

  • 14And the men said to her, Our life for yours if you keep our business secret; and when the Lord has given us the land, we will keep faith and be kind to you.

  • Gen 42:30-31
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    30The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

    31And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

  • 3And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 32And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.

  • 29And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

  • 6Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not pleased with you.

  • 17And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

  • 2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of his sheep in Carmel.

  • 31And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.

  • 5And David went wherever Saul sent him, and did wisely: and Saul put him at the head of his men of war, and this was pleasing to all the people as well as to Saul's servants.

  • 9If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you; then we will keep our places and not go up to them.

  • 21And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

  • 2And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.

  • 25And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.

  • 18And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

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    26So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

    27And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

  • 9Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we say nothing: if we go on waiting here till the morning, punishment will come to us. So let us go and give the news to those of the king's house.

  • 14Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.

  • 4And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

  • 20When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;

  • 15And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

  • 14We had loving talk together, and went to the house of God in company.

  • 14And in all his undertakings David did wisely; and the Lord was with him.

  • 9And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.