Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”
And the officials of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies. They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he railed at them. Yet the men were very good to us, and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything when we were in the fields, as long as we went with them.
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you.
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’
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