1 Samuel 25:13

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1 Samuel 25:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

12 So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

13 And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

14 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.

15 Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

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Joshua 9:14

Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

Proverbs 14:29

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Proverbs 16:32

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Proverbs 19:2

Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

Proverbs 19:11

A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 25:8

do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

James 1:19

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

James 1:20

for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

1 Samuel 24:5

Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 24:6

So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

Romans 12:19

Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Romans 12:20

On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Samuel 30:9

So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

1 Samuel 30:10

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:21

When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

1 Samuel 30:22

but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

1 Samuel 30:23

But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

1 Samuel 30:24

Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”