1 Samuel 25:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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?"

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 8:6 : 6 But the leaders of Succoth replied, 'Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?'
  • 1 Sam 24:13 : 13 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand will not be against you.
  • 1 Sam 25:3 : 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.
  • 1 Sam 25:14-15 : 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. 15 These men were very good to us. They didn’t harm us, nor did we lose anything during all the time we were with them in the fields.
  • Job 31:17 : 17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, without sharing with the fatherless—
  • Ps 73:7-8 : 7 Their eyes bulge from fatness; their imaginations overflow with malice. 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Send your bread upon the waters, for in many days you will find it again. 2 Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what disaster may come upon the earth.
  • John 9:29-30 : 29 'We know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from.' 30 The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!'
  • 2 Cor 6:9 : 9 as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.
  • Deut 8:17 : 17 You may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Sam 25:4-10
    7 verses
    85%

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

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

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

    7I have heard that you are shearing your sheep. While your shepherds were with us, we did not harm them, nor was anything of theirs missing during their time in Carmel.

    8Ask 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.’"

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

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

  • 1 Sam 25:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

    25Please, 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.

    26Now, 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.

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

  • 1 Sam 25:12-15
    4 verses
    77%

    12David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

    13David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

    14One 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.

    15These men were very good to us. They didn’t harm us, nor did we lose anything during all the time we were with them in the fields.

  • 1 Sam 25:31-40
    10 verses
    76%

    31my 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.

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

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

    34Otherwise, 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.

    35Then 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.'

    36When 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.

    37Then 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.

    38About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

    39When 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.

    40David’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 25:17-21
    5 verses
    75%

    17Now consider and see what you should do, for disaster is certain for our master and his entire household. He is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.

    18Then Abigail quickly gathered two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred pressed fig cakes, and she loaded them on donkeys.

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

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

    21David 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.

  • 1 Sam 25:2
    73%

    2There 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.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    72%

    23But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 1 Sam 23:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Will the leaders of Keilah hand me over to him? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? LORD, God of Israel, please tell your servant." And the LORD answered, "He will come down."

    12Then David said, 'Will the leaders of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?' The LORD replied, 'They will hand you over.'

  • Ps 50:13
    71%

    13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

  • 1 Sam 21:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2David went to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met David and said to him, 'Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?'

    3David answered Ahimelech the priest, 'The king has given me an assignment and said to me, "Let no one know anything about the mission I am sending you on and what I have instructed you." I have also told my young men to meet me at a certain place.

  • 1 Sam 22:15
    71%

    15Was this the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse me or any of my father's family, for your servant knows nothing about this whole affair—whether great or small.'

  • Judg 19:19
    71%

    19We have straw and feed for our donkeys, as well as bread and wine for me, your servant, for the woman with me, and for the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing."

  • Gen 14:24
    70%

    24'I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten and the share that belongs to the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion.'

  • 2 Sam 12:4
    70%

    4Now, a traveler came to the rich man, but he was unwilling to take from his own flock or herd to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for his guest.

  • 1 Chr 21:23
    70%

    23Ornan replied to David, "Take it! Let my lord the king do whatever pleases him. Look, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I give it all."

  • Num 11:13
    70%

    13Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

  • 1 Sam 30:15
    70%

    15David asked him, "Can you lead me to this raiding party?" He answered, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor hand me over to my master, and I will lead you to them."

  • 2 Sam 3:35
    70%

    35Then the people came to urge David to eat something while it was still day. But David took an oath, saying, 'May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets.'

  • 1 Sam 26:18
    70%

    18And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?

  • Gen 30:31
    70%

    31Laban asked, 'What shall I give you?' Jacob replied, 'You shall give me nothing. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to tend and watch over your flock.'

  • 2 Chr 2:15
    69%

    15We will cut timber from Lebanon, as much as you need. We will float it in rafts by sea to Joppa, and you can then take it up to Jerusalem.

  • Job 22:7
    69%

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Judg 19:21
    69%

    21He brought him into his house and provided fodder for the donkeys. They washed their feet, ate, and drank.

  • 1 Sam 18:18
    69%

    18But David said to Saul, 'Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?'