1 Samuel 25:41

Webster's Bible (1833)

She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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  • Ruth 2:10 : 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner?
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
  • Gen 18:4 : 4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
  • Ruth 2:13 : 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, But before honor is humility.
  • John 13:3-5 : 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God, 4 arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

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  • 1 Sam 25:23-28
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    84%

    23When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

    24She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.

    25Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did send.

    26Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, seeing Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

    27Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

    28Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.

  • 1 Sam 25:39-40
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    83%

    39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head. David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.

    40When the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.

  • 1 Sam 25:42
    81%

    42Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

  • 1 Sam 25:31-33
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    31that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.

    32David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:

    33and blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

  • 1 Sam 25:18-20
    3 verses
    76%

    18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

    19She said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.

    20It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:35-36
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    76%

    35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, Go up in peace to your house; behold, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person.

    36Abigail 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: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

  • 1 Sam 25:14
    74%

    14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.

  • Gen 24:51-52
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    74%

    51Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

    52It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
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    16Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What would you?

  • 1 Kgs 1:31
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    31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.

  • 1 Sam 25:3-5
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    3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

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

    5David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

  • 2 Sam 14:4
    71%

    4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
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    20Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
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    21As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

  • 2 Sam 14:15
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    15Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

  • 2 Sam 14:12
    70%

    12Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.

  • Gen 24:48
    70%

    48I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    70%

    8David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance.

  • 2 Sam 20:17
    70%

    17He came near to her; and the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I do hear.

  • 1 Sam 28:21-22
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    70%

    21The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

    22Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.

  • Gen 24:26
    70%

    26The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

  • 1 Sam 25:8-9
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    70%

    8Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.

    9When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

  • 2 Kgs 4:37
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    37Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.

  • 2 Sam 3:12
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    12Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying [also], Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
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    28Then king David answered, Call to me Bathsheba. She came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

  • 2 Sam 9:8
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    8He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am?"

  • Gen 24:17-18
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    17The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

    18She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.

  • Ruth 2:13
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    13Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.

  • 2 Sam 14:22
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    22Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant.

  • 2 Sam 14:17
    69%

    17Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.

  • Gen 24:34
    69%

    34He said, "I am Abraham's servant.

  • Ruth 3:4
    69%

    4It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do.