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1 Samuel 25:37
1 Samuel 25:37 is verse 37 of 1 Samuel chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.
King James Version
But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
World English Bible
In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
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1 Samuel 25:35–39 · Berean Standard Bible
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”
36 When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
37 In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.
38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
39 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 25:22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”
1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
Deuteronomy 28:28The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Proverbs 23:29Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Proverbs 23:30Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Proverbs 23:32In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
Proverbs 23:34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
Proverbs 23:35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”